- Adam John Glossbrenner
Adam John Glossbrenner (
August 31 1810 –March 1 1889 ) was a Democratic member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania .Adam J. Glossbrenner was born in
Hagerstown, Maryland . He learned the art of printing, and became publisher of the "Western Telegraph " inHamilton, Ohio , in 1827 and 1828. He moved toYork, Pennsylvania , in 1829. He established the "York County Farmer " in 1831, and became a partner in the "York Gazette " in 1835, and continued his connection with that paper until 1860.He served as clerk in the
Pennsylvania State House of Representatives in 1836. He wasClerk of the United States House of Representatives during the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses, and in theUnited States Department of State atWashington, D.C. , in 1848 and 1849.He was
Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives from 1850 to 1860. He served as private secretary to PresidentJames Buchanan in 1860 and 1861. He established the "Philadelphia Age " in 1862, although residing inYork, Pennsylvania .Glossbrenner was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1868.
Following his political career he engaged in banking in York in 1872. He moved to Philadelphia in 1880, and was in the employ of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company until his death in that city in 1889, aged 78. He was interred in Prospect Hill Cemetery inYork, Pennsylvania .ources
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