Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pashure pokunge ashanda somupepeti wepepanhau uye muparidzi, Glass akakundwa musarudzo yokuva nhengo yeDare Repamusorosoro reVirginia muna 1899. Akanga ari nhume kuVirginia Constitutional Convention ya1902, kwaakanga ari mutsigiri ane simba wemitemo yekuparadzanisa. Munyori wenhau dzakaitika J. Douglas Smith akamurondedzera sa"muvaki wekurambidzwa kodzero dzevanhu muOld Dominion". Akasimudzirawo chinjo inoenderera mberi yemari nemitemo. Glass akakunda musarudzo kuUnited States House of Representatives muna 1902 uye akava Sachigaro weDare reKomiti yeBhangi neMari muna 1913. Achishanda naPurezidhendi Wilson, akapasa Federal Reserve Act, iyo yakatanga gadziriro yebhangi guru reUnited States. Glass akashanda saSecretary of the Treasury kubva muna 1918 kusvika muna 1920, paakabvuma kugadzwa kuti amiririre Virginia muUnited States Senate. Glass akanga ari mukwikwidzi anodiwa womwanakomana nokuda kwokugadzwa kwomuchigaro wapurezidhendi pa
Gungano reDemocratic National Convention ra1920.