Ensign Hosmer Kellogg | |
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Member of the Massachusetts State Senate Berkshire District [1] | |
In office 1877–1877 | |
Member of the Massachusetts State Senate Berkshire District [1] | |
In office 1853–1854 | |
Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives | |
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives | |
Personal details | |
Born | July 6, 1812 Sheffield, Massachusetts [1] |
Died | January 23, 1882 (aged 69)
[1]
[2] Pittsfield, Massachusetts |
Political party | Whig, Republican |
Spouse(s) | Caroline Campbell, [1] m. 1841. [3] |
Alma mater | Amherst College, B.A. 1836 [1] |
Profession | Lawyer [2] |
Ensign Hosmer Kellogg (July 6, 1812 – January 23, 1882) was an American lawyer, [2] businessman, [1] and politician. He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and Massachusetts Senate. In 1850, he served as Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. [1]
Kellogg was born in July 1812 to Elisha and Jane (Saxton) Kellogg in Sheffield, Massachusetts. [1] [4]
Kellogg was president of the Western Massachusetts Insurance Company from 1857 to 1865, and the Berkshire Agricultural Society in 1860 and 1861. [2] Kellogg was both president of the Pontoosuc Woolen Company from 1861, and of the Agricultural National Bank from 1866, until his death in 1882. [1] [2] Kellogg also developed the Morningside neighborhood to the north of Pittsfield's downtown. [1]
Kellogg was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1843, 1844, 1849-1851 and 1870-1871, [2] also in 1850 Kellogg was Speaker of Massachusetts House. [2]
Kellogg was in the Massachusetts State Senate in 1853-1854 and in 1877. [2]
Kellogg was a delegate to the 1860 Republican National Convention. [2]
In 1876, Kellogg was appointed by President Rutherford B. Hayes [1] to serve as a member of the Halifax Fisheries Commission. [2]
Kellogg died after a brief illness [3] in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, on January 23, 1882. [2] [3]