district succeeded death_date death_place birth_place image_size nationality term_end preceded party profession birth_date term_start article_title state name alma_mater
7th john w. davis 17 september 2011 dalton , georgia , usa dalton , georgia , usa 150px american january 3 , 1961 henderson lovelace lanham democratic attorney 27 august 1924 january 8 , 1958 harlan erwin mitchell
 georgia harlan erwin mitchell the citadel university of georgia school of law
harlan erwin mitchell

harlan erwin mitchell , sr. -lrb- august 17 , 1924 -- september 13 , 2011 -rrb- was a united states representative from georgia .
mitchell was born in dalton , georgia and attended the citadel in charleston , south carolina .
from 1943 through 1946 , he served as a first lieutenant in the united states army air corps .
he also served in the united states air force in 1951 and 1952 .
between his years of service in the two military branches , mitchell attended the university of georgia school of law in athens and earned ll.b .
in 1948 .
he was admitted to the bar on april 17 , 1948 , and practiced law in dalton .
mitchell served as the cherokee judicial circuit solicitor general from january 1 , 1953 , until december 31 , 1956 and as a judge in that circuit 's superior court from january 1 , 1957 , until january 8 , 1958 .
upon the 1957 death of u.s. representative henderson lovelace lanham from the georgia 's 7th congressional district , mitchell ran as a democrat and won the special election to fill lanham 's term in the 85th united states congress .
he won re-election in 1958 and did not seek re-election in 1960 .
mitchell was elected to the georgia state senate in 1960 and served for one full term .
after his political service , mitchell returned to his law practice in dalton and resided there until his death on september 13 , 2011 at the age of 87 .
