Glover H. Cary

Glover H. Cary

Glover H. Cary (born May 1, 1885 in Calhoun , McLean County , Kentucky , †  December 5, 1936 in Cincinnati , Ohio ) was an American politician . Between 1931 and 1936 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Glover Cary attended both public and private schools and Center College in Danville . He then worked as a bank teller and newspaper editor, among other things. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1909, he began to practice this profession in Calhoun. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party .

Between 1914 and 1917, Cary was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives . From 1928 to 1922 he was a prosecutor in McLean County. He then served as a district attorney in the Kentucky Sixth Judicial District from 1922 to 1931. In 1926 he moved to Owensboro . In the 1930 congressional elections , Cary was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of Kentucky , where John Lloyd Dorsey succeeded on March 4, 1931 . After he was confirmed in 1932 and 1934, he could remain in Congress until his death on December 5, 1936 . During this time, many of the federal government's New Deal laws were passed under President Franklin D. Roosevelt . In addition, the 20th and 21st amendments were ratified at that time . Glover Cary was also a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in 1932 , where Franklin D. Roosevelt was first nominated as a presidential candidate.

Web links

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• Glover H. Cary in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Glover H. Cary in the database of Find a Grave (English)