Charles Kellogg (US Representative)

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Charles Kellogg (October 3, 1773 - May 11, 1842) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in Sheffield, Massachusetts, Kellogg attended the common schools. He moved to Cayuga County, New York, in 1798 and founded Kelloggsville. He engaged in mercantile pursuits. Also operated a gristmill at New Hope. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar and practiced. County judge. He served as member of the State assembly 1808-1810. He was in the Justice of the Peace for Sempronius Township. He was appointed postmaster of Kelloggsville on July 1, 1814, and served until September 6, 1825. He was again a member of the State assembly 1820-1822.

Kellogg was elected as a Jacksonian to the Nineteenth Congress (March 4, 1825-March 3, 1827). He engaged in agricultural pursuits. He moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1839. He died in Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 11, 1842. He was interred in Fairview Cemetery.

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