Martin Henry Glynn (September 27, 1871 Valatie, Columbia County, New York - December 14, 1924 Albany, Albany County, New York) was an American politician. He was Governor of New York from 1913 to 1914, the first Irish American Roman Catholic head of government of what was then the United States' most populated state.
Life
He graduated from Fordham University in 1894, then studied at Albany Law School, and was admitted to the bar in 1897. From 1896 on, he wrote for the Albany Times-Union daily newspaper, becoming eventually its editor, publisher and owner.
Glynn was elected as a Democrat to the 56th United States Congress, and served from March 4, 1899, to March 3, 1901. He was New York State Comptroller from 1907 to 1908, but was defeated for re-election by Charles H. Gaus.
He was elected Lieutenant Governor of New York on the ticket with William Sulzer, and succeeded to the governorship upon Sulzer's impeachment in 1913. He was the first Catholic New York governor, but was defeated for re-election by Charles S. Whitman.
He was a delegate to the 1916 and 1924 Democratic National Conventions.
Glynn committed suicide in 1924, after having suffered from chronic back pain from a spinal injury throughout his adult life.[1] He was buried at the St. Agnes Cemetery in Menands, New York.
The Crucifixion of Jews Must Stop!
The Crucifixion of Jews Must Stop! is an article by Glynn. It appeared in the October 31, 1919, issue of The American Hebrew. Prophetically, at this early date, Glynn already uses the noun "holocaust": "In this threatened holocaust of human life ..." Glynn also claimed that "six million Jewish men and women are starving across the seas".[2][3]
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