Daniel Kellogg (judge)

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.

[1][2] A Democratic-Republican and later a Democrat, Kellogg served as Windham County State's Attorney and Judge of Probate.

[3] Having been active as an officer in the Vermont Militia,[4] Kellogg was appointed adjutant general, and served from 1822 to 1824.

[5] 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.

[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.

He was president of the Bellows Falls National Bank and a trustee of the Vermont Asylum for the Insane.

[26] Daniel Kellogg, Jr. resided in Brattleboro and held local offices including Postmaster.

Daniel Kellogg's grave marker.