Background
Robert Latane Montague was born on May 23, 1819, in Ellaslee, Middlesex County, Virginia, United States. He was the son of Lewis Brooke and Catherine Street Jesse Montague.
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Robert graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1842.
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Robert Latane Montague was born on May 23, 1819, in Ellaslee, Middlesex County, Virginia, United States. He was the son of Lewis Brooke and Catherine Street Jesse Montague.
Robert attended Fleetwood Academy in Virginia, studied law in Fredericksburg, and graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1842.
Robert Montague began active legal practice in Saluda, Virginia, and also became involved in local politics. He had a small farm.
Montague was a member of the state legislature from 1850 to 1852, commonwealth attorney of Middlesex County in 1857, and lieutenant governor under John Letcher in 1860. In 1861, he served as president of the Virginia secession convention and was a leader in the state secession movement. During the war, he was a member of the state Executive Council, and he helped to organize Virginia troops for service in the Confederate Army.
Montague was also a conspicuous member of the second Confederate House of Representatives from 1863 to 1865. When the war ended, he returned to his law practice in Saluda.
When his disabilities were finally removed in 1872, he represented Middlesex County in the House of Delegates. Montague was the judge of the Eighth Judicial District of Virginia from 1875 until his death on March 2, 1880, in Middlesex County.
A staunch Davis supporter, Montague served on the Ordnance and Ordnance Stores Committee and on special investigatory committees.
Montague married Cordelia Gay Eubank on December 14, 1852. The couple had six children.