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John Milton Glover

Not to be confused with John Montgomery Glover.

John Milton Glover (June 23, 1852 – October 20, 1929) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri, nephew of John Montgomery Glover.

John Milton Glover
St. Louis Globe-Democrat, February 22, 1887
Member of the United States House of Representatives
In office
March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889
Preceded byJames Broadhead
Succeeded byNathan Frank
ConstituencyMissouri's 9th congressional district
Personal details
Born(1852-06-23)June 23, 1852
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
DiedOctober 20, 1929(1929-10-20) (aged 77)
Pueblo, Colorado, U.S.
Resting placeBellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseKatherine Augusta Patten (m. 1887)
Children2
RelativesJohn Montgomery Glover (uncle)
EducationWashington University in St. Louis (Attended)
ProfessionAttorney

Early life

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Glover was born in St. Louis, Missouri on June 23, 1852, a son of Samuel Taylor Glover and Mildred Ann (Buckner) Glover.[1][2] He attended the public schools of St. Louis and Washington University in St. Louis.[3] While in college, Glover became a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity.[4]

Start of career

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Glover studied law, was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice at the St. Louis firm of Glover and Shepley, in which his father was a partner.[5] He also became involved in politics as a Democrat when he was elected in March 1881 to represent the 10th Ward on the St. Louis Democratic Committee.[6] He did not regularly attend meetings or participate in committee activities, and he was removed from the position in November, 1881.[7] In 1883, Glover was one of the defense counsel retained by Frank James, who was tried for in Gallatin, Missouri for an 1881 robbery and murder; the trial ended with James's acquittal.[8]

Member of Congress

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In 1884, Glover was elected as a Democrat to the 49th Congress. He was reelected to the 50th Congress in 1886, and served from March 4, 1885 to March 3, 1889.[2] During his House service, Glover was a member of the Judiciary Committee and Committee on Territories.[9]

In 1887, Glover's 1886 reelection was contested by Nathan Frank, who narrowly lost the three-way race.[10] Frank argued that legally cast ballots for him were disregarded by local election officials, and that illegal ballots for Glover were counted, thereby denying Frank a victory.[10] The U.S. House Committee on Elections determined that Glover was entitled to the seat.[10] Glover was not a candidate for re-nomination in 1888, and was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor of Missouri.[11] Frank won the election to succeed Glover in Congress.[12]

Later life

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Glover then returned to the practice of law in St. Louis, where he remained until 1909, when he moved to Denver, Colorado, and continued the practice of law. During the Colorado Labor Wars of 1903 and 1904, Glover sided with miners in the Cripple Creek area as they carried out labor strikes against the mine owners.[13] When the state government imposed limitations on firearms in an attempt to stop violence, Glover publicly refused to comply.[13] County sheriff's deputies and members of the state militia subsequently attempted to enter his office to disarm him; shots were exchanged, and Glover was wounded.[13] He quickly recovered and continued to support the miners.[13]

Glover retired due to ill health and loss of his mental faculties in 1926, and was committed to the state hospital in Pueblo, Colorado.[14] He died in Pueblo on October 20, 1929.[14] Glover was interred at Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis.[15]

Family

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In February 1887, Glover married Katherine Augusta Patten, one of five sisters who were heir to their late father Edmund's gold mining fortune, at her family's mansion in Washington, D.C.[16] The society wedding was attended by Nevada Senator Charles Manderson, California Senator Leland Stanford, California Senator-elect George Hearst, New York Senator-elect Frank Hiscock and their wives.[17] They were the parents of two children, son Edmund and daughter Gladys.[18]

After the death of Katherine Patten Glover's mother Anastasia in September 1888, the Glovers began a prolonged legal battle with Mrs. Glover's sisters over her share of the inheritance.[19] One of the outcomes was the 1897 United States Supreme Court ruling on Glover v. Patten which set the precedent that attorney–client privilege does not apply with respect to the deceased author of a will and his or her lawyer, on the grounds that disposition of the estate according to the deceased's wishes takes priority over confidential communications.[20]

Legacy

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Glover is the namesake of the community of Glover, Missouri.[21]

References

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  1. ^ "Former Congressman Glover's Mother Dead". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. St. Louis, MO. June 28, 1905. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ a b Bennett, Charles G. (1913). A Biographical Congressional Directory. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 675 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Washington University in St. Louis (1873). A Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Washington University. St. Louis, MO: Democrat Litho. and Printing Co. p. 54 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Brown, James T., ed. (1917). Catalogue of Beta Theta Pi. Galesburg, IL: Wagoner Publishing Company. p. 859 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Petrone, Gerard S. (1998). Judgment at Gallatin: The Trial of Frank James. Lubbock, TX: Texas Tech University Press. p. 145. ISBN 978-0-8967-2398-6 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "The New Central Committee". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, MO. March 30, 1881. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "At the Democratic Headquarters". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. St. Louis, MO. April 5, 1881. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Daviess County Jury Believes Frank James, Gives Acquittal". 1883 Frank James Trial. Gallatin, MO: Daviess County Historical Society. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
  9. ^ Smith, Henry H. (1888). Digest and Manual of the Rules and Practice of the House of Representatives. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 216, 225 – via Google Books.
  10. ^ a b c Mobley, William H. (1889). Digest of Contested Election Cases Arising in the Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Congresses. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 655–657 – via Google Books.
  11. ^ Joint Committee on Printing, U.S. Congress (1961). Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1961. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 951 – via Google Books.
  12. ^ Christensen, Lawrence O.; Foley, William E.; Kremer, Gary R.; Winn, Kenneth H., eds. (1999). Dictionary of Missouri Biography. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press. p. 315. ISBN 978-0-8262-6016-1 – via Google Books.
  13. ^ a b c d "Troops Fire On John M. Glover". The Scranton Republican. Scranton, PA. December 29, 1903. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ a b "John M. Glover, 77, Ex-Congressman From Here, Dead". The St. Louis Star. St. Louis, MO. United Press. October 22, 1929. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "John M. Glover Rites To Be Held Here Tomorrow". The St. Louis Star. St. Louis, MO. October 23, 1929. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ Jacob, Kathryn Allamong (1995). Capital Elites: High Society in Washington, D.C., after the Civil War. Smithsonian Institution Press. pp. 186–187. ISBN 978-1560983545.
  17. ^ "Society at a Wedding: The Glover-Patten Mariage a Brilliant Event". The Washington Post. 22 February 1887. p. 2. ProQuest 138120624. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  18. ^ "Miss Glover to Wed". The Washington Post. Washington, DC. January 15, 1911. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ^ "They Claim a Million: Heirs of the Patten Estate Sue for Immediate Accounting". The Washington Post. 21 October 1891. p. 7. ProQuest 138593710. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  20. ^ Kramer, Jon J. (Spring 1999). "B. Notable Exceptions to the Attorney-Client Privilege: 1. Testamentary Exception". Dead Men's Lawyers Tell No Tales: The Attorney-Client Privilege Survives Death. Vol. 89. Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology. pp. 945–946. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  21. ^ "Iron County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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from Missouri's 9th congressional district
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