Mezue nkebi ahịrịokwu a: Mgbe Glass rụchara ọrụ dị ka onye nchịkọta akụkọ na onye nkwusa akwụkwọ akụkọ, e mere ya onyeisi oche ndị omeiwu nke steeti Virginia n'afọ 1899. Ọ bụ onye nnọchi anya na Virginia Constitutional Convention nke 1902, ebe ọ bụ onye nkwado nwere mmetụta maka iwu nkewa. Ọkọ akụkọ ihe mere eme bụ J. Douglas Smith kọwara ya dịka <unk>onye na-ese ihe nke enweghị ikike na Old Dominion.<unk> Ọ kwalitekwara mgbanwe ego na usoro iwu na-aga n'ihu. Glass meriri ntuli aka na United States House of Representatives na 1902 ma bụrụ Onye isi oche nke Kọmitii Ụlọ Ọrụ na Banking na Ego na 1913. Ka ya na Onyeisi ala Wilson na-arụkọ ọrụ, o mere ka e nwee Iwu Ụlọ Akụ Federal, bụ́ nke mere ka e nwee usoro ụlọ akụ̀ etiti maka United States. Glass jere ozi dị ka odeakwụkwọ nke Treasury site na 1918 ruo 1920, mgbe ọ nabatara nhọpụta iji nọchite anya Virginia na United States Senate. Glass bụ nwa nwoke a kacha hụ n'anya maka nhọpụta onyeisiala na
Nnọkọ Mgbakọ Mba Nile nke Democratic na 1920.