Glover H. Cary (May 1, 1885 – December 5, 1936) was a member of the

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from

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. He was born in

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, McLean County, Kentucky in 1885. He attended public and private schools and

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in Danville, Kentucky. He was employed as deputy clerk, bank cashier, and newspaper editor. Cary studied law, was admitted to the bar in June 1909 and commenced practice in Calhoun, Kentucky. He was a member of the

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from 1914 to 1917 and prosecuting attorney for McLean County from 1918 to 1922. He served as the

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for the sixth judicial district from 1922 until his resignation on February 28, 1931, having been elected to Congress. Cary moved to Owensboro, Kentucky in 1926. He was elected as a

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to the Seventy-second, Seventy-third and Seventy-fourth Congresses and served from March 4, 1931, until his death. He had been reelected to the

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and was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1932. Cary married Bess W. Miller on April 4, 1906. They had five children: William, Sara, Helen, Elizabeth, and Glover. He died in

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, on December 5, 1936, and was interred in Calhoun Cemetery, in Calhoun, Kentucky. In 1940, the new

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in Owensboro, Kentucky was dedicated to his memory.

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