[9] In 1887, Glover's 1886 reelection was contested by Nathan Frank, who narrowly lost the three-way race.

[13] When the state government imposed limitations on firearms in an attempt to stop violence, Glover publicly refused to comply.

[13] County sheriff's deputies and members of the state militia subsequently attempted to enter his office to disarm him; shots were exchanged, and Glover was wounded.

[13] Glover retired due to ill health and loss of his mental faculties in 1926, and was committed to the state hospital in Pueblo, Colorado.

[15] In February 1887, Glover married Katherine Augusta Patten, one of five sisters who were heir to their late father Edmund's gold mining fortune, at her family's mansion in Washington, D.C.[16] The society wedding was attended by Nevada Senator Charles Manderson, California Senator Leland Stanford, California Senator-elect George Hearst, New York Senator-elect Frank Hiscock and their wives.

[19] One of the outcomes was the 1897 United States Supreme Court ruling on Glover v. Patten which set the precedent that attorney–client privilege does not apply with respect to the deceased author of a will and his or her lawyer, on the grounds that disposition of the estate according to the deceased's wishes takes priority over confidential communications.