John Gallagher Montgomery

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John Gallagher Montgomery (June 27, 1805– April 24, 1857) was an American lawyer from Danville, Pennsylvania. He represented Pennsylvania in the U.S. Congress briefly in 1857.

John Montgomery was born in Northumberland, Pennsylvania. He studied under a private tutor, and graduated from Washington College (now Washington and Jefferson College) in Washington, Pennsylvania, in 1824. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1827 and commenced practice in Danville. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1855.

Montgomery was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth Congress and served until his death. He attended the inauguration dinner for President Buchanan where he was reported to have been deliberately poisoned. He returned home ill, and died at Danville five weeks later. Interment at Episcopal Cemetery in Danville. Cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C.

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• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The Political Graveyard

Preceded by Henry M. Fuller

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district 1857

Succeeded by Paul Leidy