Charles Kellogg (politician, 1773)
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 .
literature
- The New York Civil List , Franklin Benjamin Hough, Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858, pp. 71, 182f, 197f and 285.
- Family Meeting Of Kelloggs , New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1858; Volume 12; P. 199ff.
- Funeral of the Rev. DO Kellogg , The New York Times, January 29, 1904
Web links
- Charles Kellogg in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
- Charles Kellogg in the database of Find a Grave (English)
- Charles Kellogg on the familytreemaker.genealogy.com website
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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 |