Member of the Confederate States House of Representatives from Virginia's 1st district
In office February 18, 1864 – May 10, 1865
Preceded by
Muscoe R. H. Garnett
Succeeded by
None (position eliminated)
4th Lieutenant Governor of Virginia
In office January 1, 1860 – January 1, 1864
Governor
John Letcher
Preceded by
William L. Jackson, Jr.
Succeeded by
Samuel Price
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the Middlesex County district
In office January 1, 1874 – March 31, 1875
Preceded by
Lemuel C. Bristow
Succeeded by
Lemuel C. Bristow
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the Mathews and Middlesex Counties district
In office December 2, 1850 – January 11, 1852
Preceded by
Alexander K. Shepard
Succeeded by
George N. Nicholson
Personal details
Born
Robert Latané Montague
(1819-05-23)May 23, 1819 Middlesex County, Virginia, U.S.
Died
March 2, 1880(1880-03-02) (aged 60) Middlesex, Virginia, U.S.
Spouse
Cornelia Gay Eubank
Robert Latané Montague (May 23, 1819 – March 2, 1880) was a prominent Virginia lawyer, politician and judge, before and after the American Civil War. He twice won election to the Virginia House of Delegates, and also served during the Virginia Secession Convention of 1861, as Lieutenant Governor of Virginia (1860 to 1864), and in the Second Confederate Congress from (1864 to 1865).[1] His son Andrew Jackson Montague became Governor of Virginia and a U.S. Congressman, and grandson Robert Latane Montague rose to become a general in the U.S. Marine Corps after receiving the Distinguished Service Cross in World War I.
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