Adolph Gluck (1843–1917) was a Hungarian-American pioneer, businessman, and politician. Born in Hungary, he immigrated to the U.S. in the 1850s with his parents, settling in Missouri. He went on to fight for the Union in the Civil War, later moving to Dodge City, Kansas, in 1878. He served on the city council and as mayor of Dodge City. Gluck was Jewish.Adolph Gluck: Early Pioneer Jewish Entrepreneur & Mayor of Dodge City, Kansas Jewish Museum of the American West.The Versified Story of A. Gluck and his Wife The Jewish Voice.About People The American Israelite.Adolph Gluck The Jewish Voice.Death of A. Gluck: Dodge City Man Succumbed Sunday to Blood Poisoning The Tiller and Toiler.
See also List of mayors of Dodge City, Kansas
References
Further reading Harry L. Cary, “Adolph Gluck: The Jewish Mayor of Wild and Wooly Dodge City,” Western States Jewish History 29/4. “Adolph Gluck: The Jewish Mayor of Wild and Wooly Dodge City Retires,” Jewish Voice of St. Louis, reprinted in Western States Jewish History 30/2.