Background
The son of John Montgomery, a member of the Continental Congress during the American Revolution, the younger John Montgomery was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania in 1764.
United States representative lawyer politician
The son of John Montgomery, a member of the Continental Congress during the American Revolution, the younger John Montgomery was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania in 1764.
He was educated in Carlisle, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1791 and moved to Harford County, Maryland to begin a practice.
He represented the sixth district of Maryland in the United States. Congress from 1807 until 1811. He served as the Attorney General of Maryland from 1811 to 1818 and Mayor of Baltimore from 1820 to 1822 and 1824 to 1826. A Democratic-Republican, Montgomery served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1793 to 1798.
From 1793 to 1796 he was Harford County"s State"s Attorney.
In 1806 Montgomery was a successful candidate for Congress. Montgomery resigned from Congress and relocated to Baltimore in order to accept appointment as Attorney General of Maryland.
He served from April 29, 1811 to February 11, 1818. During the War of 1812 Montgomery was appointed a captain in the militia and commanded the Baltimore Union Artillery, and he took part in the Battle of North Point.
Montgomery served again in the House of Delegates in 1819.
He was Mayor of Baltimore from 1820 to 1822 and again in 1824 to 1826. He died in Baltimore on July 17, 1828. Montgomery was married first to Mary Hanes or Harris, also called Polly.
Member Maryland; member United States House