Background
Born in Buffalo, Kentucky, Montgomery was the son of Henry Harrison and Ella Slack (Montgomery) Montgomery.
United States representative politician
Born in Buffalo, Kentucky, Montgomery was the son of Henry Harrison and Ella Slack (Montgomery) Montgomery.
He attended the public schools,studied law at the University of Oklahoma at Norman, and was admitted to the bar in 1919.
Montgomery practiced law in Bartlesville, Oklahoma until he enlisted as a private in the Sixth Regiment, United States Marine Corps, on July 18, 1917, and served in the Second Division, American Expeditionary Forces, until May 19, 1919, when he was honorably discharged. Elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth Congress, Montgomery served from March 4, 1925 to March 3, 1927. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1926 to the Seventieth Congress, and practiced law in Tulsa and later in Oklahoma City.
Montgomery died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on June 4, 1957 (age 60 years, 185 days).
He is interred in Memorial Park Cemetery, Bartlesville, Oklahoma.