John Milton GLOVER, Congress, MO (1852-1929)

GLOVER John Milton , a Representative from Missouri; born in St. Louis, Mo., June 23, 1852; attended the public schools of his native city and Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in St. Louis; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Congresses (March 4, 1885-March 3, 1889); chair, Committee on Private Land Claims (Fiftieth Congress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1888, having become a candidate for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, in which he was unsuccessful; reengaged in the practice of law in St. Louis, Mo., until 1909, when he moved to Denver, Colo., and continued the practice of his profession until incapacitated by ill health in 1926; died in Pueblo, Colo., October 20, 1929; interment in Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present