| Samuel James Montgomery | |
| State: | Oklahoma |
| District: | 1st |
| Term Start: | March 4, 1925 |
| Term End: | March 3, 1927 |
| Preceded: | Everette B. Howard |
| Succeeded: | Everette B. Howard |
| Birth Date: | December 1, 1896 |
| Birth Place: | Buffalo, Kentucky |
| Death Place: | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| Nationality: | American |
| Spouse: | Elizabeth Grove Hutcheson Montgomery |
| Children: | Henry MontgomeryElizabeth Montgomery |
| Profession: | Attorney |
| Party: | Republican |
| Alma Mater: | University of Oklahoma at Norman |
| Branch: | United States Marine Corps |
| Serviceyears: | 1917–1919 |
| Unit: | Second Division, American Expeditionary Forces |
| Battles: | World War I |
| Mawards: | Croix de Guerre (France) |
Samuel James Montgomery (December 1, 1896 – June 4, 1957) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.
Born in Buffalo, Kentucky, Montgomery was the son of Henry Harrison and Ella Slack (Montgomery) Montgomery. He moved to Oklahoma in 1902 with his parents, who settled in Bartlesville. He attended the public schools, studied law at the University of Oklahoma at Norman, and was admitted to the bar in 1919. He married Elizabeth Grove Hutcheson at Fort Worth, Texas, and they had two children, Henry and Elizabeth.[1]
Montgomery practiced law in Bartlesville, Oklahoma until he enlisted as a private in the Sixth Regiment, United States Marine Corps, on July 18, 1917, and served in the Second Division, American Expeditionary Forces, until May 19, 1919, when he was honorably discharged.He received the Croix de Guerre from the Republic of France.[2]
Elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth Congress, Montgomery served from March 4, 1925, to March 3, 1927.[3] He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1926 to the Seventieth Congress, and practiced law in Tulsa and later in Oklahoma City.
Montgomery died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on June 4, 1957 (age 60 years, 185 days). He is interred in Memorial Park Cemetery, Bartlesville, Oklahoma.[4]