Orlando Kellogg (June 18, 1809 – August 24, 1865) was a

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from New York during the latter half of the

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and the early days of

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Kellogg was born in

Elizabethtown, New York Elizabethtown is a town in Essex County, New York, United States. The population was 1,163 at the 2010 census. The county seat of Essex County is the hamlet of Elizabethtown, located in the northern part of the town. The name is derived from E ...

and Kellogg pursued an academic course. He engaged in the carpentry trade in his early youth. He went on to study law, was

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in 1838, and commenced practice in Elizabethtown. He served as 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

. He served as a delegate to the

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. Kellogg was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth Congresses and served from March 4, 1863, until his death in

, August 24, 1865. He was interred in Riverside Cemetery. State Senator Rowland C. Kellogg (1843–1911) was his son.

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