Biography

10/30/1765 - 12/30/1831

General Daniel Montgomery (Democratic-Republican8) Northumberland County 1804-1806

Early Life:

General Daniel Montgomery, born October 30, 1765, Londonderry, Chester County, Pennsylvania, Province, British Colonial America; son of General William and Margaret Mary Nivin Montgomery; chief promoter, turnpikes in Danville, Montour County; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate, Northumberland County, 1793; elected, Democratic-Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1802-1803; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate, 8th district, 1803; elected, Democratic-Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 8th district, 1804; promoted, Lieutenant Colonel, Eighty-first Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia, 1805; elected, Democratic-Republican, Pennsylvania 5th district, United States House of Representatives, 1807-1809 declined reelection; appointed, Major General, Pennsylvania Militia, Ninth Division, 1809; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania 10th district, United States House of Representatives, 1812; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania, United States Senate, 1812; unsuccessful campaign, Coroner, Columbia County, Pennsylvania 1816; unsuccessful campaign, Republican Nomination, Pennsylvania Governor, 1823; unsuccessful campaign, Republican Nomination, Ballot 2, Pennsylvania Governor, 1823; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania, United States Senate, 1824; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania, United States Senate, Ballot 2, 1824; appointed, president, State Canal Commission, 1828; married, Christina Strawbridge Montgomery, 1791, children, Isabella Montgomery, Hannah Montgomery Boyd, Mary "Polly" Montgomery Magill, Daniel Strawbridge Montgomery; died, December 30, 1831 (aged 66), Danville, Montour County, Pennsylvania, interment, Fairview Cemetery, Danville, Montour County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate, Northumberland County, 1793.

Elected, Democratic-Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Northumberland County, 1802-1803.

Unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate, 8th district, 1803. 

Elected, Democratic-Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 8th district, 1804-1806. 

Unsuccessful campaign, Coroner, Columbia County, Pennsylvania 1816.

Unsuccessful campaign, Republican Nomination, Pennsylvania Governor, 1823.

Unsuccessful campaign, Republican Nomination, Ballot 2, Pennsylvania Governor, 1823.

Unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania, United States Senate, 1824.

Unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania, United States Senate, Ballot 2, 1824.

Appointed, president, State Canal Commission, 1828.

Continued Government Service/National Politics:

Elected, Democratic-Republican, Pennsylvania 5th district, United States House of Representatives, 1807-1809, declined a reelection.

Unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania 10th district, United States House of Representatives, 1812.

Unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania, United States Senate, 1812.

Legacy:

Father, General William Montgomery, original member, Pennsylvania State Senate, Huntingdon, Luzerne, and Northumberland Counties, 1790-1794; United States House of Representatives, 1793-1795. William Montgomery  - Pennsylvania Senate Library (pasen.gov)

One of the founders, Danville, Pennsylvania 1790s, the new town received its baptismal name from the abbreviation of his Christian name.

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members M". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

A New Nation Votes (tufts.edu)

Daniel Montgomery (1765-1831) - Find a Grave Memorial