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John Montgomery Glover (September 4, 1822 – November 15, 1891) was a North American politician, who served as a
U.S. Representative
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from
Missouri
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, he was the uncle of
John Milton Glover
John Milton Glover (June 23, 1852 – October 20, 1929) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri, nephew of John Montgomery Glover.
Biography
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Glover attended the public schools of his native city and Washington Un ...
.
Early life
Born in
Harrodsburg, Kentucky
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Although Harrodsburg was formally established by the House of Burgesses after Boonesbo ...
, Glover attended the public schools in Kentucky.
He moved to Missouri in 1836 with his parents, who settled in Knox County, near Newark, and continued his schooling.
He attended Marion and Masonic Colleges,
Philadelphia, Missouri.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in St. Louis, Missouri.
He moved to California in 1850 and continued the practice of his profession.
He returned to
Knox County, Missouri, in 1855 to take charge of his father's affairs.
Career
During the
Civil War
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served as colonel of the
Third Regiment, Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, beginning September 4, 1861. His service with the regiment was in a variety of points within Missouri and Arkansas. At various points during his service, he detached as the Commander of the District of Rolla, the Sub-District of Pilot Knob and the 2nd Brigade, Cavalry Division, Department of the Missouri. On February 23, 1864 he tendered his resignation in Springfield, Illinois, on account of impaired health.
[Civil War Service Records (Retrieved from fold3)]
He served as collector of internal revenue for the third district of Missouri from December 1, 1866, until March 3, 1867.
Glover was elected as a
Democrat
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to the Forty-third, Forty-fourth, and Forty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1879).
He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Treasury (Forty-fifth Congress).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1878.
He engaged in agricultural pursuits.
He died near
Newark, Missouri, November 15, 1891.
He was interred on his farm near
Newark, Missouri.
He was reinterred in Woodland Cemetery,
Quincy, Illinois
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.
References
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1822 births
1891 deaths
People from Harrodsburg, Kentucky
People from Knox County, Missouri
Missouri lawyers
People of Missouri in the American Civil War
Union Army colonels
19th-century American politicians
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri