Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I muri i tana mahi hei kaiwhakahaere me te kaiwhakaputa nupepa, i toa a Glass i te pooti ki te Kaunihera o Virginia i te 1899. He mema ia ki te Huihuinga Ture o Virginia o te tau 1902, i reira ia he kaitautoko whai mana mo nga kaupapa here wehewehe. I whakaahuatia ia e te kaituhi o te hitori a J. Douglas Smith hei "te kaihoahoa o te whakakorenga i te Dominion tawhito". I whakatairanga hoki ia i te whakarereketanga o te tahua me te ture. I wikitoria a Glass i te pooti ki te Whare Paremata o te United States i te tau 1902 a ka noho hei Tiamana o te Komiti o te Whare mo te Peeke me te Moni i te tau 1913. I te mahi tahi me te Perehitini Wilson, i whakaaetia e ia te Ture Whakatikatika Federal, i whakatūria ai he pūnaha pēke matua mo te United States. I mahi a Glass hei Hekeretari o te Taonga mai i te 1918 tae noa ki te 1920, i te wa i whakaae ai ia ki te whakatu i a Virginia ki te United States Senate. Ko Glass te kaitono tino pai mō te whakaingoa ā-peresideni i te
Ko te Huihuinga ā-Motu ā-Rōpū i te tau 1920.