David Delano Glover

David Delano Glover (January 18, 1868 - April 5, 1952) was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas.

Life and work

Born in Prattsville in Grant County, Glover attended the public schools of Prattsville and Sheridan, the seat of Grant County. He was graduated from Sheridan High School in 1886. He engaged in agricultural pursuits and in the mercantile business. He taught in the public schools of Hot Spring County from 1898 to 1908 and then studied the law. He was admitted to the bar in 1910 and commenced practice in Malvern, Arkansas. He served as member of the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1909 and 1911. He served as delegate to several State conventions. He served as prosecuting attorney of the seventh judicial circuit of Arkansas 1913-1917.

Glover was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-first, Seventy-second, and Seventy-third Congresses (March 4, 1929-January 3, 1935). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1934. He resumed the practice of law in Malvern, Arkansas, until his death April 5, 1952. He was interred in Shadowlawn Cemetery.

Glover's brother, Robert W. Glover, a Missionary Baptist pastor who served in both houses of the Arkansas Legislature (1905-1912) from Sheridan, introduced in 1909 the resolution calling for the establishment of four state agricultural colleges.[1]

References

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