Orlando Kellogg

Orlando Kellogg ( born June 18, 1809 in Elizabethtown, New York, † August 24, 1865 ) was an American lawyer and politician. He represented 1847-1849 and 1863-1865 the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Orlando Kellogg was born about three years before the outbreak of the British - American War in Elizabethtown in Essex County and grew up there. He pursued an academic career. Kellogg made ​​early in an apprenticeship as a carpenter and then went to the Commercial 1838. During this time he studied law. His admission to the bar he received in 1838 and then began to practice in Elizabethtown. Between 1840 and 1844 he was Guardianship and estate Richter ( surrogate ) in Essex County.

Politically he belonged to the Whig party. In the congressional elections of 1846 for the 30th Congress, he was in the 14th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Erastus D. Culver on March 4, 1847. Since he gave up for reelection in 1848, he retired after March 3, 1849 from the Congress.

After his conference time he walked in Elizabethtown back to his work as a lawyer after. He joined the Republican Party. As a delegate, he was started in 1860 at the Republican National Convention in Chicago in part.

In the congressional elections of 1862 for the 38th Congress, he was elected in the 16th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he became the successor of William A. Wheeler on March 4, 1863. He was re-elected, but died during his term of office on August 24, 1865 in Elizabethtown. During the Civil War he helped to organize the 118th Regiment of New York Volunteers, and finance. As a result, he became known as " Father of the Regiment". His body was buried in the Riverside Cemetery. At the commemoration of Kellogg was a memorial to the Congressional Cemetery in Washington DC built.