Thomas Montgomery (1779 – April 2, 1828) was a U.S. Representative from

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. Born in what is now

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, Montgomery received a thorough English training. He studied law. He was

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and commenced practice in

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. He served as judge of the circuit court of Lincoln County. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1811. Montgomery was elected as a

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to the

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Congress (March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Fourteenth Congress. Montgomery was again elected to the

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Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Tunstall Quarles. He was reelected to the Seventeenth Congress and served from August 1, 1820, to March 3, 1823. He served as chairman of the Committee on Public Expenditures (Seventeenth Congress). He died in

, April 2, 1828.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Montgomery, Thomas 1779 births 1828 deaths Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky Members of the Kentucky House of Representatives