William Montgomery (Pennsylvania)

William Montgomery (August 3, 1736 – May 1, 1816) was an American jurist and politician from Chester County, Pennsylvania. He represented Pennsylvania in the United States House of Representatives from 1793 until 1795.

Born in Londonderry Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, Montgomery served during the American Revolutionary War as Colonel of the Fourth Battalion of Chester County Militia and a provincial delegate in 1775 and 1776. He moved to Northumberland County in 1776 and became a member of the state assembly beginning in 1779. Montgomery was called upon to settle boundary disputes in Wyoming, Pennsylvania, in 1783. Although elected to the Continental Congress in 1784, Montgomery did not serve.

Montgomery was appointed judge of Northumberland and Luzerne Counties in 1785 and deputy surveyor of Chester County in 1787. He became a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate in 1790, Northumberland justice of the peace in 1791, and Anti-Administration candidate to the United States Congress from 1793–95. Montgomery served as a major general in the Pennsylvania militia for fourteen years, beginning in 1793. He was also an associate judge of Northumberland County from 1801–13.

Montgomery and his son Daniel developed Danville, Pennsylvania, during the second half of the 18th century. He was named the borough's first postmaster, serving from 1801–03. Montgomery died in Danville.

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