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Orlando Kellogg (June 18, 1809 - August 24, 1865) was a U.S. Representative from New York during the latter half of the American Civil War and the early days of Reconstruction.
Biography
Born in Elizabethtown, New York, Kellogg pursued an academic course. He engaged in the carpenter's trade in early youth. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1838 and commenced practice in Elizabethtown. Surrogate of Essex County 1840-1844.
Kellogg was elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth Congress (March 4, 1847-March 3, 1849). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1848. He resumed the practice of his profession in Elizabethtown, New York. He served as delegate to the 1860 Republican National Convention.
Kellogg was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth Congresses and served from March 4, 1863, until his death in Elizabethtown, New York, August 24, 1865. He was interred in Riverside Cemetery.
References
- Orlando Kellogg at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2009-5-13
External links
- "Orlando Kellogg". Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7724515. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
United States House of Representatives Preceded by
Erastus D. CulverMember of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 14th congressional district
1847-1849Succeeded by
George R. AndrewsPreceded by
William A. WheelerMember of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 16th congressional district
1863-1865Succeeded by
Robert S. HaleThis article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.Categories:- 1809 births
- 1865 deaths
- New York state court judges
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from New York
- People of New York in the American Civil War
- New York Whigs
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