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By Montgomery's last Senate term, segregation had legally ended, the issue ceased to be a viable political matter, and Montgomery avoided discussion of racial matters. Instead, he concentrated on getting state projects into northwest Louisiana. And it helped to have a friend in the governor's office during Montgomery's last term in office.
By Montgomery's last Senate term, segregation had legally ended, the issue ceased to be a viable political matter, and Montgomery avoided discussion of racial matters. Instead, he concentrated on getting state projects into northwest Louisiana. And it helped to have a friend in the governor's office during Montgomery's last term in office.
===Retiring from state Senate, 1976==
===Retiring from state Senate, 1976===
In 1974, Montgomery was an elected delegate to the first of three mid-term conventions of the [[Democratic National Committee]], held in [[Kansas City]], [[Missouri]].<ref>''Minden Press-Herald,'' August 19, 1974, p. 1.</ref> Such meetings were also held in 1978 and 1982 but thereafter discontinued.
In 1974, Montgomery was an elected delegate to the first of three mid-term conventions of the [[Democratic National Committee]], held in [[Kansas City]], [[Missouri]].<ref>''Minden Press-Herald,'' August 19, 1974, p. 1.</ref> Such meetings were also held in 1978 and 1982 but thereafter discontinued.