Daniel Montgomery, Jr.
Daniel Montgomery, Jr. ( born October 30, 1765 in Londonderry, Chester County, Pennsylvania, † December 30, 1831 in Danville, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1807 and 1809 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Career
About the youth and education of Daniel Montgomery nothing is handed down. In the 1790s he came to Danville, where among other things he worked in the trade and a wealthy businessman was. He owned, among others, a shop, a sawmill and a farm. In Danville and vicinity he also founded several schools. He also campaigned for the construction of toll roads in his home. He was also a member of the state militia, in which he was promoted to major general in 1809. Politically, he joined the end of the 1790s by Thomas Jefferson founded the Democratic-Republican Party. In 1800 he was elected to the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
In the congressional elections of 1806, Montgomery was in the fifth electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Andrew Gregg on March 4, 1807. Until March 3, 1809, he was able to complete a term in Congress. In 1828, he became commissioner of the channel state government of Pennsylvania. He died on December 30, 1831 in Danville.