Jack Montgomery (Louisiana politician)
| John Willard "Jack" Montgomery Sr. | |
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| Louisiana State Senator for the 36th District (Bienville, Bossier, Claiborne, and Webster parishes) | |
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In office 1968–1972 |
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| Preceded by | Harold Montgomery |
| Succeeded by | Harold Montgomery |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
June 2, 1936 Springhill, Louisiana |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Carolyn Tucker Montgomery (married 1958) |
| Children |
John Willard Montgomery Jr. |
| Alma mater |
Springhill High School |
| Occupation | Attorney |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | United States Air Force |
| Rank | Judge Advocate General's Corps |
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(1) Montgomery's single term in the Louisiana State Senate was sandwiched between two of the three terms of his more conservative intra-party rival Harold Montgomery of Doyline. (2) Montgomery's election was attributed in part to the popularity of then-Governor John McKeithen, but the defeat four years later was blamed too on fallout from the last year of the McKeithen administration. (3) Like his father, John W. Montgomery Jr., of the Greater Richmond, Virginia, area, practices law and serves on his state's game and fisheries commission. |
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John Willard Montgomery Jr.
Springhill High School
Tulane University
(1) Montgomery's single term in the Louisiana State Senate was sandwiched between two of the three terms of his more conservative intra-party rival Harold Montgomery of Doyline.
(2) Montgomery's election was attributed in part to the popularity of then-Governor John McKeithen, but the defeat four years later was blamed too on fallout from the last year of the McKeithen administration.
John Willard Montgomery Sr., known as Jack Montgomery (born June 2, 1936), is a retired attorney in the small city of Minden in Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana, who represented the 36th District in the Louisiana State Senate (now Bienville, Bossier, Claiborne, and Webster parishes) for a single four-year term from 1968 to 1972. He unseated incumbent Harold Montgomery (no relation) of Doyline in south Webster Parish in the 1967 Democratic runoff election. Four years later, the conservative Harold Montgomery staged a comeback and narrowly unseated Jack Montgomery. After this showdown, neither man ever ran for office again.
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