John Lyles Glenn, Jr.

Who was John Lyles Glenn, Jr.?

John Lyles Glenn, Jr. was a United States federal judge.

Born in Chester, South Carolina, Glenn received an A.B. from Wofford College in 1912 and an LL.B. from Oxford University in 1918 before serving as a Captain in the United States Army from 1918 to 1919. He was in private practice in Chester from 1919 to 1929, serving also as a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1919 to 1923 and as a solicitor and prosecuting attorney for the Sixth South Carolina Circuit from 1923 to 1929.

On April 18, 1929, Glenn was nominated by President Herbert Hoover to a joint appointment to new seats on the United States District Court for the Western District of South Carolina and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina created by 45 Stat. 1319. Glenn was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 29, 1929, and received his commission the same day. He served until his death, in Chester, in 1938.