David Montgomery (c. 1836 - April 23, 1878) was a sheriff, tax collector, local politician and state legislator in Florida. He ran for Lieutenant Governor.Florida's Black Public Officials, 1867 - 1924 by Carter Brown Jr. University of Alabama Press (1998)
Originally from New York, he worked as a mason in Key West and Tallahassee before settling in Madison County, Florida.
In 1870 he narrowly escaped being murdered by a group of men.
Florida governor Harrison Reed appointed him sheriff.
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