David C. Glenn
David Chalmers Glenn (1824 – September 1868) served two terms as Attorney General of Mississippi.[1]
Born in North Carolina, after their father's death, he was sent along with two brothers to live with their uncle James Wilson Chalmers in Holly Springs, Mississippi. He was a Democrat.[2]
He moved to Jackson, Mississippi, established a law pracitce, and married Patience B. Wilkinson of Holly Springs on November 27, 1846. They had two children.[2] He held various public offices and was a states' rights advocate in the Democratic Party.[3]
He was a candidate for state auditor on the John A. Quitman ticket.[4]
Before the Civil War he was living in coastal Mississippi and in private practice.[5] He was a delegate to Mississippi's secession convention in 1861.[2]
References
- ↑ Smith, Timothy B. (September 25, 2014). "The Mississippi Secession Convention: Delegates and Deliberations in Politics and War, 1861–1865". Univ. Press of Mississippi – via Google Books.
- 1 2 3 "David Chalmers and Archibald Glenn Papers (Z/2253) | Finding Aids". finding.mdah.ms.gov.
- ↑ Davis, Jefferson (February 1, 1975). "The Papers of Jefferson Davis: June 1841 – July 1846". LSU Press – via Google Books.
- ↑ "MARC view for: Democratic state ticket. › Mississippi Dept. of Archives and History catalog". koha-public.mdah.ms.gov.
- ↑ Neely, Mark E. (July 8, 1999). "Southern Rights: Political Prisoners and the Myth of Confederate Constitutionalism". University of Virginia Press – via Google Books.