Robert Glenn (November 30, 1858 – August 26, 1915) was a farmer and local politician from Wyalusing,

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who served one term as a

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member of the

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Background

Glenn was born on November 30, 1858 on the family farm in Wyalusing. He attended

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and received some private tutoring. Except for four years in the

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and

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business, he spent most of his life in

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and

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raising. He was the son of Robert Glenn, Sr. who served in the 1860s and 1870s in the

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. He married Harriet Brodt November 13, 1881.

Career

Glenn was

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for two years. and a member of the Grant County

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for several terms. He was elected to the Senate in 1912, with 7,606 votes to 5,920 for

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R. A. Watkins and 544 for

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A. B. Williams, to represent the 16th District (Grant,

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and Richland counties). (The incumbent, fellow Republican John J. Blaine, was not a candidate.) His legislative biography stated, ''"His special life work has been the conservation and preservation of state park lands at the confluence of the Wisconsin and Mississippi rivers."'' He was assigned to the

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Death and legacy

He died of

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at his home in Wyalusing on August 26, 1915. He was survived by his wife Harriet and five children. His seat would be filled by another Republican, Henry E. Roethe, at the 1916 election. In 1917, a large tract of land originally belonging to Glenn overlooking the confluence of the

and

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rivers became a

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, first named Nelson Dewey State Park and now called Wyalusing State Park.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Glenn, Robert People from Grant County, Wisconsin Republican Party Wisconsin state senators Wisconsin sheriffs 1858 births 1915 deaths County supervisors in Wisconsin Deaths from pernicious anemia Farmers from Wisconsin American ranchers