Luther Glenn

Luther Judson Glenn (November 26, 1818 – June 9, 1886) was a prominent Georgia lawyer, politician, Confederate officer during the American Civil War, and antebellum Mayor of Atlanta.

He attended the University of Georgia where he was a member of the Phi Kappa Literary Society and graduated in 1841.

An attorney, Glenn represented Henry County in the state legislature as a Democrat before arriving in Atlanta in 1851.

He was the first mayor to appoint regular committees in council for the various functions of city governance: Fire, Streets, Finance, and so on.

[1] In that position, he surrendered the remaining Confederate troops of Atlanta to Col. Beroth B. Eggleston of the 1st Ohio Cavalry on May 3, 1865.