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Carter Glass (January 4, 1858 – May 28, 1946) was an American newspaper publisher and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia. He represented Virginia in both houses of Congress and served as the United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Woodrow Wilson.
24 mag 2024 · Carter Glass (born Jan. 4, 1858, Lynchburg, Va., U.S.—died May 28, 1946, Washington, D.C.) was an American politician who became a principal foe in the Senate of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal in the 1930s.
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Ex Officio Chairman, Board of Governors, 1918–1920. Born: January 4, 1858. Died: May 28, 1946. As a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Carter Glass co-sponsored the Federal Reserve Act. As secretary of the Treasury from 1918 to 1920, he also served as ex officio chairman of the Federal Reserve Board.
22 dic 2021 · Carter Glass, a Democrat, served in the Senate of Virginia (1899–1902), as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1901–1902, and in the U.S. House of Representatives (1902–1918) and the U.S. Senate (1920–1946).
1 set 2021 · Carter Glass was a small but raucous country boy. Older boys in the neighborhood thought that they could pick on him because of his size, but he would fight them off with stones—they quickly learned to leave him alone. He earned the life-long nickname of Pluck because he refused to be bullied.
Carter Glass: A Featured Biography. It isn’t uncommon for a senator to be appointed to fill a vacancy. However, Virginia Senator Carter Glass (1858-1946) filled not one but two congressional seats because of deaths of sitting members.
17 mag 2018 · Carter Glass (January 4, 1858–May 28,1946) was a U.S. senator from Virginia. Along with his colleague Senator Harry Byrd, Glass was a leading member of the Republican-Democratic congressional coalition that emerged to oppose the New Deal by 1938.
