John Montgomery (politician, 1722)

John Montgomery (* 1722 in Ireland , † September 3, 1808 in Carlisle , Pennsylvania ) was an Irish- American politician who attended the Continental Congress as a delegate from Pennsylvania .

John Montgomery and his family left their Irish homeland in 1740 and immigrated to North America , where they settled in what is now Carlisle, Pennsylvania. There he became a district judge and later an officer. In the 3rd Battalion of Pennsylvania he held the rank of captain and took part in the fighting for Fort Duquesne in 1758 during the French and Indian Wars . During the American Revolution , Montgomery joined the Pennsylvania Committee of Safety . In the course of time, these bodies took over the actual administration from the British colonial authorities. During the Revolutionary War he held the rank of Colonel in the Cumberland County Regiment .

Montgomery took his first political mandate between 1781 and 1782 as a member of the Pennsylvania General Assembly . From 1782 to 1784 he was sent as a delegate of his state to the sessions of the Continental Congress, which at that time met in Philadelphia , Princeton , Annapolis and Trenton . In 1787 he served as mayor ( Burgess ) of Carlisle before he was appointed judge in Cumberland County in 1794.

John Montgomery was also one of the founders of Dickinson College in Carlisle and was a member of its governing body ( Board of Trustees ) until his death in September 1808. His son John (1764-1828) was also a politician and sat from 1807 to 1811 as an MP from Maryland in the United States House of Representatives .

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SURNAME	Montgomery, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Irish-American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	1722
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ireland
DATE OF DEATH	September 3, 1808
Place of death	Carlisle , Pennsylvania