Thomas Montgomery (American politician)

Thomas Montgomery (* 1779 in Nelson County, Virginia; † April 2, 1828 in Stanford, Kentucky ) was an American politician. Between 1813 and 1823 he represented two times the state of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

After studying law and qualifying as a lawyer Thomas Montgomery began working at Stanford in this profession. In the local Lincoln County, he was District Judge. Politically, Montgomery Member, founded by Thomas Jefferson Democratic- Republican Party. In 1811 he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Kentucky. In the congressional elections of 1812 he was in the then newly created tenth electoral district of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1813. Since he was not re-elected in 1814, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1815. This was marked by the events of the British -American War.

Following the resignation of Mr Tunstall Quarles, Montgomery was elected at the election due to the ninth seat of Kentucky as his successor in Congress, where he took up his position on 1 August 1820. After he was confirmed in the regular congressional elections of 1820, he could remain until March 3, 1823 U.S. House of Representatives. He was from 1821 to 1823 Chairman of the Committee for the control of public expenditure. After retiring from Congress, Thomas Montgomery withdrew from politics. He died on April 2, 1828 in Stanford.