Editing Montgomery County, New York (section)

==History==
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{{See also|Tryon County, New York}}
[[File:Chappel Montgomery full length.jpg|thumb|left|[[Major general]] [[Richard Montgomery]], namesake of Montgomery County]]
This area was occupied by the [[Mohawk people|Mohawk]] for hundreds of years prior to European colonization. Many warriors allied with the British during the war. When the British lost, they ceded all the Iroquois territory of the Six Nations (the Tuscarora had joined the confederacy in the 18th century) to the United States, without consulting the tribes or bringing them into negotiation.

In 1784, following end of the [[American Revolutionary War]], the European-American settlers renamed [[Tryon County, New York|Tryon County]] as Montgomery County. This change was to honor the general, [[Richard Montgomery]], who had captured several places in Canada and died in 1775 attempting to capture the city of [[Quebec City, Quebec|Quebec]] during the Revolutionary War. It replaced the name that formerly honored the last provincial governor of New York.

In 1789, [[Ontario County, New York|Ontario County]] was split off from Montgomery. The area of the new county was much larger than the present Ontario County, as it included the present [[Allegany County, New York|Allegany]], [[Cattaraugus County, New York|Cattaraugus]], [[Chautauqua County, New York|Chautauqua]], [[Erie County, New York|Erie]], [[Genesee County, New York|Genesee]], [[Livingston County, New York|Livingston]], [[Monroe County, New York|Monroe]], [[Niagara County, New York|Niagara]], [[Orleans County, New York|Orleans]], [[Steuben County, New York|Steuben]], [[Wyoming County, New York|Wyoming]], [[Yates County, New York|Yates]], and part of [[Schuyler County, New York|Schuyler]] and [[Wayne County, New York|Wayne counties]].

In 1791, [[Herkimer County, New York|Herkimer]], [[Otsego County, New York|Otsego]], and [[Tioga County, New York|Tioga]] counties were split off from Montgomery. In 1802, portions of [[Clinton County, New York|Clinton]], [[Herkimer County, New York|Herkimer]], and Montgomery counties were combined to form [[Saint Lawrence County, New York|St. Lawrence County]]. In 1816, [[Hamilton County, New York|Hamilton County]] was split off from Montgomery, but it did not have enough taxable inhabitants to be separately organized<ref>"A Gazetteer of New York State," Horatio Gates Spafford, second edition, 1824, p. 218</ref> until 1847. In May 1836, the county seat was moved from Johnstown to [[Fonda, New York|Fonda]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.fultoncountyny.gov/fulton-county-court-house | title=Fulton County Court House &#124; FULTON COUNTY }}</ref> and in April 1838, [[Fulton County, New York|Fulton County]] was split off, with [[Johnstown, New York|Johnstown]] regaining that rank for the new Fulton County.

In 2012, Montgomery County voters approved a charter for government, making it the 21st county in New York state to do so. In 2013, Matthew L. Ossenfort was elected [[at-large]] as the first County Executive in the county's history. Ossenfort took office in 2014, the same year the charter went into effect. Under the terms of the charter, the Board of Supervisors was replaced by a nine-member County Legislature, with members elected from [[single-member district]]s. Thomas L. Quackenbush, one of the members, was elected as the first chairman of the new legislative body, which will be a circulating position.

===Congressional districts===
* 1789–1797 - None
* 1797–1803 - [[New York's 9th congressional district|NY9]]
* 1803–1809 - [[New York's 13th congressional district|NY13]]
* 1809–1813 - [[New York's 9th congressional district|NY9]]
* 1813–1823 - [[New York's 14th congressional district|NY14]]
* 1823–1833 - [[New York's 16th congressional district|NY16]]
* 1833–1843 - [[New York's 15th congressional district|NY15]]
* 1843–1853 - [[New York's 17th congressional district|NY17]]
* 1853–1873 - [[New York's 18th congressional district|NY18]]
* 1873–1875 - [[New York's 19th congressional district|NY19]]
* 1875–1893 - [[New York's 20th congressional district|NY20]]
* 1893–1913 - ?
* 1913–1945 - [[New York's 30th congressional district|NY30]]
* 1945–1953 - [[New York's 31st congressional district|NY31]]
* 1953–1963 - [[New York's 32nd congressional district|NY32]]
* 1963–1971 - [[New York's 35th congressional district|NY35]]
* 1971–1973 - [[New York's 28th congressional district|NY28]] & [[New York's 29th congressional district|NY29]]
* 1973–1983 - [[New York's 28th congressional district|NY28]] & [[New York's 31st congressional district|NY31]]
* 1983–1993 - [[New York's 23rd congressional district|NY23]] & ?
* 1993–2003 - [[New York's 21st congressional district|NY21]] & [[New York's 23rd congressional district|NY23]]
* 2003–2013-  [[New York's 21st congressional district|NY21]]
* 2013–2023 - [[New York's 19th congressional district|NY19]] & [[New York's 20th congressional district|NY20]]
* 2023–present - [[New York's 20th congressional district|NY20]] & [[New York's 21st congressional district|NY21]]