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Carter Glass
President pro tempore of the United States Senate
In office July 11, 1941 – January 3, 1945
Preceded by
Pat Harrison
Succeeded by
Kenneth McKellar
Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee
In office March 4, 1933 – May 28, 1946
Preceded by
Frederick Hale
Succeeded by
Kenneth McKellar
United States Senator from Virginia
In office February 2, 1920 – May 28, 1946
Preceded by
Thomas S. Martin
Succeeded by
Thomas G. Burch
47th United States Secretary of the Treasury
In office December 16, 1918 – February 1, 1920
President
Woodrow Wilson
Preceded by
William McAdoo
Succeeded by
David F. Houston
Chair of the House Banking Committee
In office March 4, 1913 – December 16, 1918
Preceded by
Arsène Pujo
Succeeded by
Michael Francis Phelan
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 6th district
In office November 4, 1902 – December 16, 1918
Preceded by
Peter J. Otey
Succeeded by
James P. Woods
Member of the Virginia Senate from the 20th district
In office December 6, 1899 – November 4, 1902
Preceded by
Adam Clement
Succeeded by
Don P. Halsey
Personal details
Born
(1858-01-04)January 4, 1858 Lynchburg, Virginia, U.S.
Died
May 28, 1946(1946-05-28) (aged 88) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political party
Democratic
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Carter Glass (January 4, 1858 – May 28, 1946) was an American newspaper publisher and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia. He represented Virginia in both houses of Congress and served as the United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Woodrow Wilson. He played a major role in the establishment of the U.S. financial regulatory system, helping to establish the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
After working as a newspaper editor and publisher, Glass won election to the Senate of Virginia in 1899. He was a delegate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1902, where he was an influential advocate for segregationist policies. Historian J. Douglas Smith described him as “the architect of disenfranchisement in the Old Dominion.”[1] He also promoted progressive fiscal and regulatory reform but these contributions were often superficial since Glass generally opposed the most reformist aspects of federal legislation and was a New Deal critic.[2] Glass won election to the United States House of Representatives in 1902 and became Chairman of the House Committee on Banking and Currency in 1913. Working with President Wilson, he passed the Federal Reserve Act, which established a central banking system for the United States. Glass served as Secretary of the Treasury from 1918 until 1920, when he accepted an appointment to represent Virginia in the United States Senate. Glass was a favorite son candidate for the presidential nomination at the 1920 Democratic National Convention.
Glass served in the Senate from 1920 until his death in 1946, becoming Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee in 1933. He also served as president pro tempore of the Senate from 1941 to 1945. He co-sponsored the 1933 Banking Act, also known as the Glass–Steagall Act, which created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and enforced the separation of investment banking firms and commercial banks. An ardent supporter of states' rights, Glass opposed much of the New Deal and clashed with President Franklin D. Roosevelt over the control of federal appointments in Virginia.
^Smith, J. Douglas (2002). Managing White Supremacy: Race, Politics, and Citizenship in Jim Crow Virginia. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. p. 67.
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