Presley T. Glass

<h2 id="biography">Biography</h2>
<p>Glass was born on October 18, 1824, in Houston, <a href="/facts/Virginia/g2kucGdn">Virginia</a> in <a href="/facts/Halifax_County,_Virginia/9nBgLH0l">Halifax County</a> son of Dudley and Nancy Carr Glass. In 1828, he moved with his parents to <a href="/facts/Weakley_County,_Tennessee/gXQX1IJn">Weakley County, Tennessee</a>, where he attended Dresden Academy. He was elected <a href="/facts/Colonel/ASSc95Et">colonel</a> of militia when he was eighteen years of age. He studied law, attended one course at <a href="/facts/Lexington,_Kentucky/0FAngGYT">Lexington</a> (<a href="/facts/Kentucky/DaTW05Rt">Kentucky</a>) Law School. He married Sarah C. Partee on December 20, 1848. They had two children, Hiram D. and James Nelson.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a>
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<h2 id="career">Career</h2>
<p>Glass was admitted to the <a href="/facts/Bar_association/nWbxz4ml">bar</a> in 1847 and commenced practice in <a href="/facts/Ripley,_Tennessee/9KekAWm1">Ripley, Tennessee</a>. He served in the <a href="/facts/Tennessee_House_of_Representatives/AM33KREd">Tennessee House of Representatives</a> in 1848 and again in 1882.
</p><p>During the <a href="/facts/American_Civil_War/A9FT3ksD">Civil War</a>, Glass served as <a href="/facts/Commissary/ERudHTq7">commissary</a> with the rank of <a href="/facts/Major_(rank)/l3XVzecr">major</a> in the <a href="/facts/Confederate_States_of_America/jMSDM4q3">Confederate</a> service.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a>
</p><p>Elected as a <a href="/facts/Democratic_Party_(United_States)/MNe3nDrL">Democrat</a> to the <a href="/facts/Forty-ninth_United_States_Congress/nNPV2HJH">Forty-ninth</a> and <a href="/facts/Fiftieth_United_States_Congress/NXoXx4dm">Fiftieth</a> Congresses, Glass served from March 4, 1885, to March 3, 1889.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a>  He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1888.
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<h2 id="death">Death</h2>
<p>Glass died in Ripley, Tennessee, on October 9, 1902 (77 years, 356 days). He is <a href="/facts/Burial/Pwz8EyUx">interred</a> at Maplewood Cemetery.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a>
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<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li>United States Congress. <a href="http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000233">"Presley T. Glass (id: G000233)"</a>. <i><a href="/facts/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress/1cJ5cXGr">Biographical Directory of the United States Congress</a></i>.</li></ul>
<p><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6912645">Presley T. Glass</a> at <a href="/facts/Find_a_Grave/oRU854B1">Find a Grave</a>
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<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"Presley T. Glass". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 22 April 2013. <a href="https://records.ancestry.com/Sarah_C_Partee_records.ashx?pid=21125314" target="_blank">https://records.ancestry.com/Sarah_C_Partee_records.ashx?pid=21125314</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"Presley T. Glass". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 22 April 2013. <a href="http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000233" target="_blank">http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000233</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>"Presley T. Glass". Govtrack US Congress. Retrieved 22 April 2013. <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/presley_glass/404595" target="_blank">https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/presley_glass/404595</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>"Presley T. Glass". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 22 April 2013. <a href="http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/glass.html" target="_blank">http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/glass.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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