(January 4, 1858–May 28, 1946), was an American politician. He served as a U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1920–46; Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, 1918–20; and a U.S. Representative, 1902–18. His influence as chairman of the Committee of Banking and Currency, brought about the passage of the Federal Reserve Bank Act in 1918.
On March 27, 1937, Senator Carter Glass warned:
There has been no such mandate from the people to rape the Supreme Court or to tamper with the Constitution. The Constitution belongs to the people. It … was ratified by the people as the Supreme Charter of their Government, to be respected and maintained with the help of God.3000