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.

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.

He remained in Atlanta until his death and was buried in Oconee Hill Cemetery in Athens, Georgia.