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Montgomery asserted that "further studies were needed to prove a connection between various diseases and Agent Orange before the government should be held liable for disability benefits" despite several such JAMA published studies by the National Cancer Institute and the VA and one by the New Jersey Agent Orange Commission. Subsequent scientific studies made connections between Agent Orange and Vietnam Veterans illnesses and the increased birth defects of their children. In 1991 Montgomery stood behind president
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Montgomery was one of the more conservative Democrats in the House, and was known for being more "hawkish" than other members of his party. He was very popular in his district, usually winning reelection by some of the highest margins in the country. Although the district's voters were increasingly
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As Veterans' Affairs Committee chairman, Montgomery led opposition to the Kerry-Daschle bill (Agent Orange Disabilities Act of 1987, S.1787) that would have required the VA to begin compensating veterans who contracted non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and lung cancer a presumed service-connected disease.
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to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1987, which effectively transferred control of the National Guard away from the states and to the Department of Defense by prohibiting state governors from withholding National Guard forces.
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On September 13, 1988, Montgomery became the first congressman to lead the U.S. House in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance as a permanent part of its daily and morning business operations. The day prior to his death, Congressman
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Before running for Congress, he owned his own insurance company, the Montgomery Insurance Agency. In addition, he served as vice president of the Greater Mississippi Life Insurance Company of Meridian, Mississippi.
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introduced an amendment to a House Defense Appropriations Bill to rename the bill the Sonny Montgomery National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007. Following his death, James F. Webb Funeral Home in
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A Mississippi Air National Guard C-17 Globemaster III was named “The Spirit of G.V. ‘Sonny’ Montgomery.” Montgomery became the third person in the United States to have a military fleet named in his honor.
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Dad loved to play paddleball, a fast-moving game that requires good hand-eye coordination. One of his favorite playing partners was Congressman Sonny Montgomery, a Democrat from Mississippi.
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willing to vote Republican at the national level (it has only supported the official Democratic candidate for president once since 1956), at the local level Montgomery usually faced "
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where he was Student Association President for the 1942–43 school year. A bust of him is located in the campus library and a duplicate bust is located at the
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in a landslide. The Democrats have only put up a candidate in the district four times since then, and have only won more than 35 percent of the vote once.
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The G. V. "Sonny" Montgomery Conference and Special Events Room at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Central Office building in Washington, D.C.
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alongside Congressman Montgomery's personal effects from his military service in the Second World War and National Guard.
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The G.V. "Sonny" Montgomery Center for America's Veterans at Mississippi State University in Starkville, Mississippi.
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Montgomery's greatest legislative victory was the enactment of the bill that bears his name: the Montgomery
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cabinet-level position. Montgomery gave a speech on the House floor in April 1975 in which he spoke against
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ordered U.S. flags to be flown at half staff. In addition, the U.S. House of Representatives canceled non-
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to South Vietnam and said, "The South Vietnamese can blame only themselves for their present situation."
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that gives members of the service money to pay for college and was a lead sponsor in establishing the
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During his time in Congress, Montgomery was one of only three Representatives who voted to reject the
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on the day of his funeral. Montgomery was buried in Magnolia Cemetery in Meridian, Mississippi.
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between 1956 and 1966. He was elected to Congress from what was then the 4th District in 1966.
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Chairman, Select Committee on Military Involvement in Southeast Asia (Ninety-first Congress)
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Chairman, Select Committee on Missing in Action in Southeast Asia (Ninety-fourth Congress)
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Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Mississippi
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Montgomery, Sonny; Michael B. Ballard; Craig S. Piper (2003). "The Early Years".
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at Mississippi State University's Meridian, Mississippi College Park campus.
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Montgomery, Gillespie V.; Ballard, Michael B.; Piper, Craig S. (2003).
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G.V. "Sonny" Montgomery Exhibit at the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum
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A number of public projects have been named in his honor, including:
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in 1943. While in college, Montgomery joined the Beta Tau chapter of
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from Mississippi in 1996. On November 10, 2005, he was awarded the
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to Emily Jones and Gillespie Montgomery, Montgomery graduated from
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Chairmen of the United States House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
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Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774–1996
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G.V. "Sonny" Montgomery Advisement and Career Services Center
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Congressman Sonny Montgomery (second from left) receives the
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elected to either house of Congress from Mississippi since
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Recipients of the Order of the Sword (United States)
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Index

Gillespie V. Montgomery

U.S. House of Representatives
Mississippi
Prentiss Walker
Chip Pickering
4th district
3rd district
House Veterans' Affairs Committee
Ray Roberts
Bob Stump
Mississippi State Senate
Meridian, Mississippi
Democratic
Mississippi State University
BA
United States Army
Major General
Mississippi Army National Guard
World War II
Korean War
Sonny Montgomery's voice
House Veterans' Affairs Committee
U.S. Court of Veterans Appeals
Mississippi
Mississippi Senate
U.S. House of Representatives
major general
National Guard
World War II

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