Harlan Erwin Mitchell

Harlan Erwin Mitchell, Sr. (August 17, 1924 – September 13, 2011) was a United States representative from Georgia.

Early years, education, and military service Mitchell was born August 17, 1924, in Dalton, Georgia, the second son of Douglas Wright and Mary Adelia Erwin Mitchell. He graduated from Dalton High School in 1940, at the age of 16. He then attended the Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina, before transferring to the University of Georgia. At age 18, with the onset of WW II, Mitchell volunteered for flight training with the Army Air Corps, serving overseas in the Pacific Theatre. 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, establishing the firm Mitchell and Mitchell with his father, and brother Doug.