Henry Theodore Kellogg was an American lawyer and politician from

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Life

He was the son of Sylvester Alonzo Kellogg (1838–1904, justice of the

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) and Susan Elizabeth (Averill) Kellogg. Henry Kellogg received his preliminary education at Vermont Episcopal Institute and Rock Point Military Academy, both in

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. He then attended Harvard University, graduating cum laude in 1889 with a

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. He received a

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from

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three years later in 1892. Following graduation he moved to

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and joined his father's law office, the firm of Kellogg, Weed and Palmer. On March 5, 1903, he married Katharine Miller Weed. On June 16, 1903, he was appointed by Governor Odell a justice of the

(4th District) to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of his father, and was elected as a Republican to a full term in November of the same year. From 1918 on, he sat on the Appellate Division, Third Dept. In

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, he was elected on the Republican and Democratic tickets to the

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. He resigned on May 16, 1934 due to ill health. He was buried at the Riverside Cemetery in Plattsburgh.

Sources

NY Court of Appeals biography
''JUSTICE SUCCEEDED BY SON''
in NYT on June 17, 1903
''DEATH LIST OF A DAY.; Ex-Justice Kellogg''
in NYT on March 13, 1904

in NYT on September 7, 1942 (subscription required)

Political Graveyard {{DEFAULTSORT:Kellogg, Henry Theodore Judges of the New York Court of Appeals Harvard Law School alumni 1869 births 1942 deaths People from Champlain, New York New York Supreme Court Justices New York (state) Republicans New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department justices