Background
Kellogg, William Pitt was born on December 8, 1830 in Orwell, Vermont, United States. Son of Review Sherman Kellogg.
Kellogg, William Pitt was born on December 8, 1830 in Orwell, Vermont, United States. Son of Review Sherman Kellogg.
Educated Norwich Military Institute. Removed to Illinois.
Admitted to Illinois bar, 1852. Practiced at Canton, Illinois, 1852-1861. Lincoln elector for Illinois, 1860 (only elector for that year now living).
Appointed, 1861, chief justice Nebraska Ty.
Raised and became colonel 7th Illinois Cavalry, summer of 1861 (granted leave of absence from judicial duties by Mr. Lincoln); after 2 yrs’. service resigned from army because of ill health.
Resigned chief justiceship, 1865. Collector port of New Orleans, 1865-1868 (last civil commission, dated April 13, 1865, signed by President Lincoln before he was assassinated).
United States senator, 1868-1872 and 1877-1883.
Governor Louisiana, 1873-1877. Member Congress, 1883-1885. One of the 306 delegations who voted for General Grant Divides his time between Louisiana and Washington.
Has large interests in Washington.
Member District of Columbia Commandery Loyal Legion.
Married Mary East. Wills, June 6, 1865.