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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriJohn Montgomery GLOVER
(1822-1891)
GLOVER, John Montgomery,
(uncle of John Milton Glover), a Representative from Missouri; born
in Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Ky., September 4, 1822; attended the
public schools in Kentucky; moved to Missouri in 1836 with his
parents, who settled in Knox County, near Newark, and continued his
schooling; attended Marion and Masonic Colleges, Philadelphia, Mo.;
studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in St.
Louis, Mo.; moved to California in 1850 and continued the practice
of his profession; returned to Knox County, Mo., in 1855 to take
charge of his father’s affairs; during the Civil War served
as colonel of the Third Regiment, Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, from
September 4, 1861, until February 23, 1864, when he resigned on
account of impaired health; collector of internal revenue for the
third district of Missouri from December 1, 1866, until March 3,
1867; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-third, Forty-fourth, and
Forty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1879); chairman,
Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Treasury
(Forty-fifth Congress); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in
1878; engaged in agricultural pursuits; died near Newark, Knox
County, Mo., November 15, 1891; interment on his farm near Newark,
Mo.; reinterment in Woodland Cemetery, Quincy, Ill.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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