Carter Glass
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Carter Glass 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
Portrait of Glass, c. 1918
Lithographic portrait of Carter Glass as a young man
Glass's former residence, in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C.
Gravesite shared by Glass and his wife at Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg.
Glass–Steagall legislation
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The Glass–Steagall legislation describes four provisions of the United States Banking Act of 1933 separating commercial and investment banking.
Carter Glass
…start of the custom of giving that post to the senior senator of the majority party. As a Senator, Glass's most notable achievement was passage of the Glass–Steagall Act, which separated the activities of banks and securities brokers and created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Glass, however, opposed the…
Sen. Carter Glass (D–Va.) and Rep. Henry B. Steagall (D–Ala.-3), the co-sponsors of the Glass–Steagall Act.