Editing Grant County, Arkansas (section)

==History==
Established on February 4, 1869, Grant County was [[Namesake|named after]] of [[President-elect of the United States|U.S. President-elect]]<!-- EDITORS NOTE: Please do not change to "President of the United States" as it would be historically inaccurate. Grant did not take office until March 4, 1869 (a full month after the county was named for him). Thank you. -->  [[Ulysses S. Grant]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n140 141]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://local.arkansas.gov/local.php?agency=Grant%20County|title= Grant County|year= 2012|work= Local.Arkansas.gov|publisher= Information Network of Arkansas (INA) and Arkansas Municipal League|access-date=May 5, 2012}}</ref>

[[Robert W. Glover]], a [[Missionary Baptist]] [[clergy]]man who served in both houses of the [[Arkansas General Assembly]] (1905-1912) from Sheridan, introduced in 1909 the resolution calling for the establishment of four state agricultural colleges.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.astate.edu/a/centennial/centennial-events-gallery/act-100-re-enactment-ceremony/|title=ASU-Jonesboro: Act 100 Re-enactment Ceremony|publisher=astate.edu|access-date=July 5, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110116093319/http://www2.astate.edu/a/centennial/centennial-events-gallery/act-100-re-enactment-ceremony/|archive-date=January 16, 2011}}</ref> His brother [[David Delano Glover]] was a state representative in the 1907 session and a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from 1929 to 1935, having been unseated in 1934 by Grant County native [[John Little McClellan]] who at the time was practicing law in [[Camden, Arkansas|Camden]]. McClellan later went on to become Arkansas's longest serving [[U.S. senator]].