Kellian Whaley

Infobox Congressman
name=Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley

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state=Virginia's 12th district and West Virginia
district=3rd
party=Unionist Unconditional Unionist
term=March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 December 7, 1863 – March 3, 1867
preceded=Henry A. Edmundson "(none)"
succeeded="(none)" Daniel Polsley
date of birth=birth date|1821|5|6|mf=y
place of birth=Utica, New York, U.S.
date of death=death date and age|1876|5|20|1821|5|6|mf=y
place of death=Point Pleasant, West Virginia, U.S.
spouse=
profession=Politician, Lumberman
religion=
current occupation=
footnotes=

Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley (May 6, 1821 – May 20, 1876) was a nineteenth century congressman from Virginia and West Virginia and major of the 9th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War.

Whaley was born in Utica, New York on May 6, 1821. He worked in the lumber business until the Civil War when he became a recruiter for the Union Army and was major of the 9th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment. He was captured by Confederate forces on November 10, 1861 when the town of Guyandotte, West Virginia was overrun by Confederate troops, but he escaped from his captors.

Whaley was elected an Unconditional Unionist to the United States House of Representatives in 1860, representing a Virginia district, serving one term from 1861 to 1863. He lost his seat due to Virginia's secession from the Union, but was elected back as one of the first three representatives from West Virginia, serving again from 1863 to 1867, not being candidate for reelection in 1866.

He was chairman of the Committee on Invalid Pensions from 1863 to 1865 and of the Committee on Revolutionary Claims from 1865 to 1867. Whaley was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1864 and served as collector of customs at Brazos de Santiago, Texas in 1868. He died in Point Pleasant, West Virginia on May 20, 1876 and was interned in Lone Oak Cemetery in Point Pleasant.

ee also

*United States Congressional Delegations from West Virginia

References

*CongBio|W000318 Retrieved on 2008-02-15
*findagrave|6814214 Retrieved on 2008-02-15
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whaley-wham.html#R9M0JH33Z Kellian Whaley] at The Political Graveyard