Charles Kellogg (politician, 1773)

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Charles Kellogg's grave in Fairview Cemetery, Ann Arbor

Charles Kellogg (born October 3, 1773 in Sheffield , Province of Massachusetts Bay , † May 11, 1842 in Ann Arbor , Michigan ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1825 and 1827 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Charles Kellogg was born in Berkshire County about two years before the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War . He attended community schools. In 1798 he moved to Cayuga County , where he founded Kelloggsville . He went about commercial business. He also ran a flour mill in New Hope . He studied law . After receiving his license to practice law, he began to practice. He was a county judge . Between 1808 and 1810 he was a member of the New York State Assembly . Then he was justice of the peace in Sempronius Township . On July 1, 1814, he became postmaster in Kelloggsville - a post he held until September 6, 1825. During this time he was again a member of the New York State Assembly between 1820 and 1822. Politically, he belonged to the Jacksonian faction. In the 1824 congressional election for the 19th Congress , Kellogg was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 24th  constituency of New York , where he succeeded Rowland Day on March 4, 1825 . He retired from the after March 3, 1827 Congress of. After his time at Congress, he went to agricultural activities. In 1839 he moved to Ann Arbor, where he died about four years before the outbreak of the Mexican-American War . His body was then interred in Fairview Cemetery .

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SURNAME Kellogg, Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 3, 1773
PLACE OF BIRTH Sheffield , Province of Massachusetts Bay
DATE OF DEATH May 11, 1842
Place of death Ann Arbor , Michigan