Otis F. Glenn

Otis Ferguson Glenn
United States Senator from Illinois
In office December 3, 1928 – March 4, 1933
Preceded by	William B. McKinley
Succeeded by	William H. Dieterich
Personal details
Born	August 27, 1879(1879-08-27) Mattoon, Illinois
Died	March 11, 1959(1959-03-11) (aged 79) Portage Point, Michigan
Political party	Republican

Otis Ferguson Glenn (August 27, 1879 – March 11, 1959) was a Republican United States Senator from the State of Illinois.

He was born in Mattoon, Illinois on August 27, 1879. After graduating law school in 1900 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, he began practicing law in Murphysboro. He served as the State's Attorney for Jackson County from 1906 to 1908 and again from 1916 to 1920 when he was elected to the State Senate, serving there until 1924.

In 1928, when Frank L. Smith abandoned his efforts to take the U.S. Senate seat he had won in 1926, after twice having his credentials refused by the Senate, Glenn defeated future Chicago mayor Anton Cermak in a special election and served out Smith's term. When Glenn ran for a full term in 1932, he was defeated by William H. Dieterich. He ran, unsuccessfully, in 1936 as well. Upon returning to Illinois, he established a law practice in Chicago.

Glenn died on March 11, 1959 at Portage Point in Onekama Township, Michigan.

External links

• Otis F. Glenn at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States Senate
Preceded by Frank L. Smith (not allowed to take a seat)	United States Senator (Class 3) from Illinois 1928 – 1933 Served alongside: Charles S. Deneen, J. Hamilton Lewis	Succeeded by William H. Dieterich

Persondata
Name	Glenn, Otis
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	August 27, 1879
Place of birth	Mattoon, Illinois
Date of death	March 11, 1959
Place of death	Portage Point, Michigan