Early Life and Career
A native of Rockingham County, North Carolina, Glenn was born to C. L. Glenn and Annie S. Dodge. He studied law under Chief Justice Richmond Mumford Pearson and practiced law in Stokes County before moving to Winston-Salem, where he joined the law firm of Glenn, Manly & Henderson, a predecessor firm to the modern-day Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC. In 1885, he became prosecuting attorney for the state's ninth district. From 1893 until 1897, he served as United States Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Glenn was elected to the North Carolina Senate in 1898.
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