Robert Latane Montague | |
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| 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 May 23, 1819 Middlesex County, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | March 2, 1880 (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.