[1] Samuel F. Glatfelter was born near Loganville, Pennsylvania.

He was engaged in teaching for several years, and later became a building contractor and also interested in banking.

[1] Glatfelter was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-eighth Congress, defeating three other candidates including Republican Mahlon Haines,[2] but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1924.

[1] Glatfelter died in York, Pennsylvania, aged 69.

[citation needed] Various properties and lots of land he owned at the time of his death were sold or auctioned off on September 22, 1927.