Life span: 07/08/1814 to 12/20/1872TabsLife SummaryFull name: William KelloggPlace of Birth: Kelloggsville, OHBurial Place: Springdale Cemetery, Peoria, ILBirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteOrigins: Free StateOccupation: PoliticianAttorney or JudgeGovernment: Johnson Administration (1865-69)US House of RepresentativesState legislatureState judge Note Cards William Kellogg (Congressional Biographical Directory) ReferenceKELLOGG, William, a Representative from Illinois; born in Kelloggsville, Ashtabula County, Ohio, July 8, 1814; attended the public schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Canton, Fulton County, Ill.; member of the State house of representatives in 1849 and 1850; judge of the State circuit court 1850-1855; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth, Thirty-sixth, and Thirty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1857-March 3, 1863); moved to Peoria, Ill., in 1864; appointed by President Andrew Johnson chief justice of Nebraska Territory in 1865, and served until 1867; collector of internal revenue for the Peoria (Ill.) district 1867-1869; moved to Mississippi in 1869, having been appointed to a judgeship under the prevailing provisional government; upon the readmission of Mississippi to representation he was an unsuccessful candidate to the Forty-first Congress in 1869 and shortly afterward returned to Illinois; died in Peoria, Peoria County, Ill., on December 20, 1872; interment in Springdale Cemetery."Kellogg, William," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000068. Events Major TopicsThirty-Seventh Congress of the United States Documents Subject Docs Date Title 04/19/1858 John Wentworth to Abraham Lincoln, April 19, 1858 08/03/1858 Thomas J. Pickett to Abraham Lincoln, August 3, 1858 12/13/1859 New York Times,“Sham Apologies,” December 13, 1859 03/17/1860 Lowell (MA) Citizen & News, “Kellogg on Douglas,” March 17, 1860 04/22/1860 New York Herald, “The Republican Press on the Chances of Douglas,” April 22, 1860 09/26/1860 (Jackson) Mississippian, "Black Republican Bible," September 26, 1860 02/07/1861 Fayetteville (NC) Observer, “Mr. Lincoln’s Views,” February 7, 1861 02/13/1861 Richmond (VA) Dispatch, “The Irrepressible Conflict,” February 13, 1861 02/18/1861 Chicago (IL) Tribune, “Popular Sovereignty,” February 18, 1861 Addressee Docs Date Title 12/11/1860 Abraham Lincoln to William Kellogg, December 11, 1860 Images William Kellogg, 1859, portrait size William Kellogg, 1859 William Kellogg, 1859, detail Bibliography
William Kellogg (Congressional Biographical Directory) ReferenceKELLOGG, William, a Representative from Illinois; born in Kelloggsville, Ashtabula County, Ohio, July 8, 1814; attended the public schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Canton, Fulton County, Ill.; member of the State house of representatives in 1849 and 1850; judge of the State circuit court 1850-1855; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth, Thirty-sixth, and Thirty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1857-March 3, 1863); moved to Peoria, Ill., in 1864; appointed by President Andrew Johnson chief justice of Nebraska Territory in 1865, and served until 1867; collector of internal revenue for the Peoria (Ill.) district 1867-1869; moved to Mississippi in 1869, having been appointed to a judgeship under the prevailing provisional government; upon the readmission of Mississippi to representation he was an unsuccessful candidate to the Forty-first Congress in 1869 and shortly afterward returned to Illinois; died in Peoria, Peoria County, Ill., on December 20, 1872; interment in Springdale Cemetery."Kellogg, William," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000068.
