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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseePresley Thornton GLASS
(1824-1902)
GLASS, Presley Thornton, a
Representative from Tennessee; born in Houston, Halifax County,
Va., October 18, 1824; in 1828 moved with his parents to Weakley
County, Tenn., where he attended Dresden Academy; elected colonel
of militia when eighteen years of age; studied law; attended one
course at Lexington (Ky.) Law School; was admitted to the bar in
1847 and commenced practice in Ripley, Tenn.; member of the State
house of representatives in 1848 and again in 1882; during the
Civil War served as commissary with the rank of major in the
Confederate service; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-ninth and
Fiftieth Congresses (March 4, 1885-March 3, 1889); unsuccessful
candidate for renomination in 1888; died in Ripley, Tenn., on
October 9, 1902; interment in Maplewood Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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