sligo lot of successful business people he went into politics. and there's one party to join, it democrat. in this party, and as i said earlier, he made his fame as a virginia senator member, and coming up with a way to the constitution to deprive almost all blacks in virginia of the right to vote. that made him a figueroa. to white virginia. so in 1902, he was elected to the united states congress. this comes at a time when republicans dominate the federal government and they largely sensible civil war. the thousand were strongly republican. today roosevelt was in the white house, etc. at a young not so young, democrat like glass, nobody ever heard of him him. he was very much of a non- entity. he liked your the farm relations committee, which is interesting to him. foreign relations company. but instead they sent him to a bank committee. if i'm right, there's not been a major bill since the civil war. so glass sent to a complete no man's land, but being a very bright studious and energetic guy, glass viz. the years reading everything he can fin