Otis F. Glenn

Otis F. Glenn

Otis Ferguson Glenn (* 27. August 1879 in Mattoon , Illinois ; † 11. March 1959 in Onekama Township , Michigan ) was an American politician of the Republican Party . From 1928 to 1933 he sat for the US state of Illinois in the US Senate .

biography

Glenn grew up in Mattoon, Illinois. After attending the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , where he studied law, he was admitted to the bar in 1900 and from then on practiced in his own law firm in Murphysboro . From 1906 to 1908 and again from 1916 to 1920, Glenn served as the Jackson County attorney.

Glenn gained his first political experience in the Illinois Senate , where he held a mandate between 1920 and 1924. After the US Senate did not recognize the appointment of Frank L. Smith to succeed the late William B. McKinley and also did not recognize the regular election of Smith, Glenn was elected in a by-election to the US Senate to end Smith's term complete. His opponent in the by-election was the future mayor of Chicago, Anton Cermak . Glenn ran unsuccessfully for another term in the 1932 election. William H. Dieterich was elected instead. In 1936 Glenn ran again unsuccessfully against Dieterich. After his return from the political scene, he moved back to Illinois and opened a law firm in Chicago .

In 1959 Glenn died in Onekama Township, Michigan. He was married to Anna Martin. The marriage produced a daughter.

Web links

• Otis F. Glenn in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Otis F. Glenn in the database of Find a Grave (English)