Elias Glenn (1769-1846)
MSA SC 3520-16205
Biography:
Born August 26, 1769. Son of Samuel and Jane Glenn. Married Ann Carson, August 21, 1794, in New Castle County, Delaware. Eight children: John (10/9/1795-7/8/1853), Mary (b. 3/30/1797), Elisabeth Renshaw (b. 7/7/1798), Elias Barnaby (2/11/1802-5/15/1831), Jane (b. 11/14/1803), Anne (8/17/1805-7/5/1806), and William Carson (5/25/1810-7/7/1860). Died January 6, 1846, in Balitmore, Maryland.
Commissioned as an Associate Justice for the Baltimore County Court on May 30, 1804. He returned to the private practice of law by early 1806, advertising a new office in Baltimore on Second Street in February of that year. Elected to the Maryland State Senate on November 25, 1806, to take the seat of Richard Ridgely. He remained in the Senate for the regular and special sessions held in 1807 through 1810. He was elected as a director on the part of the state for the Union Bank of Maryland on November 28, 1810, and again on December 17, 1811. President James Madison nominated Glenn for the position of U.S. Attorney for Maryland, which was recently vacated by Thomas Beale Dorsey, on April 17, 1812. The U.S. Senate confirmed Glenn's nomination on April 23, 1812. He remained in this position until his nomation to the bench of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland by President James Monroe on December 16, 1824, taking the place of Theodorick Bland. The nomation was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on January 3, 1825, and he received his commission on the same day. He remained on the bench until April 1, 1836, when he resigned to poor health. One of his final acts was to administer the oath of the office to Roger B. Taney, the newly appointed Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Written by Jennifer Hafner, August 2012.
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