Hugh Glasgow (September 8, 1769January 31, 1818) was a member of the

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from

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Biography

Hugh Glasgow was born in East Nottingham Township in the

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. He engaged in agricultural pursuits. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced. He was judge of

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, from July 1, 1800, to March 29, 1813. Glasgow was elected as a Republican to the

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and Fourteenth Congresses. He died at

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and was interred at Slate Ridge Burying Ground.

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