15 Facts About Nat Glover

Nat Glover was the first African American elected sheriff in Florida since the end of the Reconstruction.

Nat Glover was a mayoral candidate and served as the President of Edward Waters University, Florida's first institution established for the education of African-Americans, from 2010 to 2018.

Nat Glover was born in Jacksonville and attended public schools there.

Nat Glover inadvertently became involved in Ax Handle Saturday as he was walking home after his shift at a local restaurant.

Nat Glover said he ran to the police, expecting them to protect him, but was told to leave town or risk being killed.

Nat Glover was a starting linebacker and team captain for the Edward Waters College football team, where he was a teammate of Jim "Cannonball" Butler.

Nat Glover began his law enforcement career with the old Jacksonville Police Department in 1966.

Nat Glover was serving at the time of the Brenton Butler case in 2000, in which the 15-year-old Butler was falsely accused of murder.

Michael Nat Glover, who denied the allegation, retired from the Sheriff's Office to become a private investigator.

In 2003, Nat Glover ran for Mayor of Jacksonville but was defeated by Republican candidate John Peyton, in the most expensive mayoral race in Jacksonville's history.

Nat Glover's campaign focused on education, economic development, and managing the city's growth.

The campaign was briefly marred by racism; after Matt Carlucci, a white Republican candidate, endorsed Nat Glover after being defeated in the open primary, his business was vandalized with racial slurs against Nat Glover.

Nat Glover says that the people he most admires are Martin Luther King Jr.

Nat Glover joined EWU's board of trustees in 2008, and when Williams resigned effective May 15,2010, Nat Glover was quickly approved as interim president.

In September 2017, Nat Glover announced that he would retire in May 2018.