Daniel Kellogg (February 10, 1791 – May 10, 1875) was an American public official who served as a justice of the Vermont Supreme Court and in several other positions.

Early life Daniel Kellogg was born in Amherst, Massachusetts on February 10, 1791, the son of Daniel and Mercy (Eastman) Kellogg. He graduated from Williams College in 1810, and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice in Rockingham, Vermont in 1814.Henry Burnham, Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont: Early History, with Biographical Sketches of Some of its Citizens, 1889, page 164Phi Beta Kappa Society of Williams College, Phi Beta Kappa of Massachusetts History, 1903, page 6

Career A Democratic-Republican and later a Democrat, Kellogg served as Windham County State's Attorney and Judge of Probate. He also served as secretary to Governors Cornelius P. Van Ness (1823-1826) and Ezra Butler (1826-1828).Hiram Carleton, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont, Volume 1, 1903, page 286

Having been active as an officer in the Vermont Militia,Vermont Genealogy, Vermont Genealogy magazine, Volumes 5-6, 2000, pages 102, 151 Kellogg was appointed adjutant general, and served from 1822 to 1824.Vermont State Archives and Records Administration, , accessed August 18, 2013

In 1829 President Andrew Jackson appointed Kellogg as United States Attorney for the District of Vermont and he served until the end of the Martin Van Buren administration in 1841. Kellogg also ran unsuccessfully for the United States House of Representatives in 1833 and 1840.Jacob G. Ullery, Men of Vermont Illustrated, 1894, page 182Benjamin Perley Poore, The Political Register and Congressional Directory, 1878, page 425

Kellogg served as president of the Vermont Constitutional Convention in 1843.Vermont Constitutional Convention, Journal of the Convention, 1843, page 8 He declined appointment to the Vermont Supreme Court in the same year, and also ran unsuccessfully for governor, losing the election to John Mattocks.Prentiss Cutler Dodge, Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography, page 35

He ran again for governor in 1844 and 1845, losing both times to William Slade.Vermont General Assembly, Journal of the Vermont Senate, 1845, page 245Austin Jacobs Coolidge, John Brainard Mansfield, History and Description of New England: Vermont, 1860, page 966 Kellogg served in the Vermont House of Representatives in 1845.Vermont General Assembly, Journal of the Vermont House of Representatives, 1845, page 132

In 1845 Kellogg was appointed to the Vermont Supreme Court. He served on the court until resigning in 1850.Vermont State Archives and Records Administration, , 2011, page 4

Kellogg resumed the practice of law after leaving the court. In 1854 he relocated to Brattleboro. He was president of the Bellows Falls National Bank and a trustee of the Vermont Asylum for the Insane.Hamilton Child, Gazetteer and Business Directory of Windham County, Vt., 1724-1884, 1884, pages 126, 292Vermont General Assembly, Vermont Legislative Documents, Volume 4, 1874, page 41

He was a Unionist during the American Civil War. He served as presidential elector in 1864, and cast his ballot for Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson.Vermont General Assembly, Vermont Legislative Directory, 1886, page 75 He also served in the Vermont State Senate from 1865 to 1866.Vermont General Assembly, Journal of the Senate of the State of Vermont, 1867, page 4

Death and burial

Kellogg died in Brattleboro on May 10, 1875.Vermont Asylum for the Insane, Annals for Fifty Years, 1887, page 287 He was buried at Prospect Hill Cemetery in Brattleboro.Henry Kellogg Willard, A Memorial to Henry Augustus Willard and Sarah Bradley Willard, 1925, page 98

Honors In 1853 Kellogg received an honorary Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) degree from the University of Vermont.University of Vermont, General Catalogue, 1901, page 224

Legacy Daniel Kellogg's law library is included in the Stephen Row Bradley and William Czar Bradley Papers, which were donated to the University of Vermont by William Bradley Willard in 2002.Prudence Doherty, University of Vermont, Lecture Spotlights Library of Allen Brothers' Ally, April 11, 2002

Family Kellogg was first married to Jane McAfee of Rockingham. After her 1827 death he married Merab Ann Bradley of Westminster, the daughter of Congressman William Czar Bradley and granddaughter of Senator Stephen Row Bradley.Henry Burnham, Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont, page 164

After Merab Bradley Kellogg's death in 1845 Daniel Kellogg married Miranda M. Aldis of St. Albans, who survived him. Miranda Kellogg was the daughter of Vermont Chief Justice Asa Aldis, and sister of Associate Justice Asa O. Aldis.Jacob G. Ullery, Men of Vermont Illustrated, page 182

Kellogg's children included Henry (1823-1844); George B. (1825-1875); Sarah B. (1831-1909); Daniel, Jr. (1834-1918).Hamilton Child, Gazetteer and Business Directory of Windham County, page 120

Henry Kellogg graduated from Williams College in 1843 and was a law student in the office of William Czar Bradley when he drowned while swimming in the Connecticut River.Jessie Haas, Westminster, Vermont, 1735-2000, 2012, page 158

George Bradley Kellogg was an attorney who served as Adjutant General of Vermont from 1854 to 1859 and Lieutenant Colonel of the 1st Vermont Cavalry Regiment during the American Civil War.Theta Delta Chi Fraternity, The Shield, Volume 5, 1889, page 3

Daniel Kellogg, Jr. resided in Brattleboro and held local offices including Postmaster.United States Congress, Journal of the U.S. Senate, Volume 37, Issues 3-38, 1887, page 20

Sarah B. Kellogg married Henry A. Willard, the proprietor of the famed Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C.J. T. White, The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Volume 22, 1932, page 450

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