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Jackson Advocate
Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi
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Rev. Simon Peter Montgomery, a Black minister from Old Mystic Methodist church, nominated as the first Negro chaplain of the Connecticut House of Representatives on January 15. Self-educated after leaving school at 14, he earned an MA degree.
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Hartford, Conn., Jan. 15—Rev. Simon Peter Montgomery, Negro minister of Old Mystic Methodist church here, which has a white congregation, has been nominated as chaplain of the Connecticut House of Representatives at its opening session here last Wednesday.
His name was proposed by House Speaker Nelson Brown (Republican). If elected, he will be the first Negro minister to serve as chaplain of the state legislature.
Rev. Montgomery, born in South Carolina, left school at the age of 14 to help support his family. While working, he instituted a program of self-education which enabled him to later enter college and obtain a master of arts degree.
ELECTED IN HARTFORD:
The Rev. Simon Peter Montgomery.
He was named chaplain of the Connecticut House of Representatives.
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Jan. 15, Last Wednesday
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Rev. Simon Peter Montgomery, a Negro minister of Old Mystic Methodist church with a white congregation, nominated by House Speaker Nelson Brown as chaplain of the Connecticut House of Representatives. If elected, first Negro minister to serve. Born in South Carolina, left school at 14, self-educated to earn master of arts degree.