William P. Kellogg
| William Pitt Kellogg | |
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United States Senator from Louisiana |
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In office March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1883 |
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| Preceded by | Joseph R. West |
| Succeeded by | Randall L. Gibson |
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In office July 9, 1868 – November 1, 1872 |
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| Preceded by | John Slidell |
| Succeeded by | James B. Eustis |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 3rd district |
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In office March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 |
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| Preceded by | Chester Bidwell Darrall |
| Succeeded by | Edward James Gay |
| 26th Governor of Louisiana | |
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In office May 22, 1873 – January 8, 1877 |
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| Lieutenant | Caesar Antoine |
| Preceded by | John McEnery |
| Succeeded by | Stephen B. Packard |
| Personal details | |
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December 8, 1830 Orwell, Vermont |
| Died | August 10, 1918 (aged 87) Washington, D.C. |
| Political party | Republican |
William Pitt Kellogg (December 8, 1830 – August 10, 1918) was an American lawyer and Republican Party politician who served as a United States Senator from 1868 to 1872 and from 1877 to 1883 and as the Governor of Louisiana from 1873 to 1877 during the Reconstruction Era. He was one of the most important politicians in Louisiana during and immediately after Reconstruction and was notable for being elected after most other Republican officials had been defeated when white Democrats regained control of state politics. He is also notable as one of few incumbent Senators to be elected to the House of Representatives, where he served from 1883 to 1885. He was the last elected Republican Governor of Louisiana until Dave Treen in 1980.
Kellogg was born in Orwell in Addison County in western Vermont near the New York boundary, where he spent his childhood. After completing his education in the common schools, he moved to Peoria, Illinois, at the age of eighteen and was a school teacher for several years. His fifth cousin William Kellogg lived in the area and served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1857 to 1863.
Kellogg became a lawyer, likely "reading law" and studying with practicing lawyers, as was typical for many then. He moved to Canton, Illinois, and started a law practice. There he joined the U.S. Republican Party and eventually came to know Abraham Lincoln, a fellow lawyer. When Lincoln became President in 1861, he appointed Kellogg as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Nebraska Territory. Kellogg moved to Nebraska.
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