Elijah McKinney Glen (August 12, 1807October 14, 1879) was an American politician and abolitionist who was a member of the

New York State Assembly The New York State Assembly is the lower house of the New York State Legislature, with the New York State Senate being the upper house. There are 150 seats in the Assembly. Assembly members serve two-year terms without term limits. The Ass ...

. Glen was born in 1807 in

Amsterdam, New York Amsterdam () is a city in Montgomery County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 18,219. The city is named after Amsterdam in the Netherlands. The city of Amsterdam is bordered on the northern and ea ...

to Scottish parents. He studied to become a shoemaker. Glen became active in the abolitionist movement in 1834. For fifteen years, he travelled around the country giving lectures. In the late 1840s, he was lecturer for the New York Antislavery Society. When he was twenty-one, Glen married, and would have six children. During the last forty rears of his life, he lived in

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, and for twenty years in

Macedon, New York Macedon is a town in Wayne County, New York, United States. The population was 9,148 at the 2010 census. The Town of Macedon is named after the birthplace of Alexander the Great, in Ancient Macedonia. It is located in the southwest corner of W ...

. Glenn served as a keeper at

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, and was in 1861 to 1866, the postmaster of Macedon. He helped organize the Liberty Party, which he supported until switching to the Republican Party in 1850. Glen was elected a member of the New York State Assembly from the first district of Cayuga County. In 1868, Glen accused Alexander Frear of attempting to bribe him on the topic of the

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. On April 10, a select committee appointed to investigate concluded that "the evidence does not furnish any justification for the charges made by Mr. Glenn icagainst Mr. Frear." Thereupon a resolution was passed to censure Glen. On April 11, Glen resigned his seat. In November, he was re-elected, and took his seat again in January 1869.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Glen, Elijah 1807 births 1879 deaths People from Amsterdam, New York Members of the New York State Assembly American people of Scottish descent 19th-century members of the New York State Legislature