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Elias Glenn

Born 8/26/1769 · Died 1/6/1846

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American judge

Elias Glenn (August 26, 1769 – January 6, 1846) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland .

Education and career

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Born on August 26, 1769, in Elkton , Province of Maryland , British America , Glenn entered private practice in Baltimore , Maryland . He was a Judge for the Baltimore County Court. He was United States Attorney for the District of Maryland from 1812 to 1824.

Federal judicial service

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Glenn received a recess appointment from President James Monroe on August 31, 1824, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Maryland vacated by Judge Theodorick Bland . He was nominated to the same position by President Monroe on December 16, 1824. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on January 3, 1825, and received his commission the same day. His service terminated on April 1, 1836, due to his resignation.

Later career and death

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Following his resignation from the federal bench, Glenn resumed private practice in Baltimore from 1836 to 1846. He died on January 6, 1846, in Baltimore.

Family

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Glenn's son, William Wilkins Glenn , was a journalist and newspaper proprietor who was jailed for his Confederate sympathies.

References

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    Elias Glenn at the _Biographical Directory of Federal Judges _, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center .

  2. Glenn, William Wilkins, Bayly Ellen Marks, and Mark Norton Schatz, Between North and South: A Maryland Journalist Views the Civil War: the Narrative of William Wilkins Glenn, 1861-1869. Rutherford: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1976.

Sources

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