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Rh legislature in 1849-'50, was three years a judge of the circuit court of Illinois, and in 1856 was elected to congress as a Republican, serving till 1868. In 1864 he was appointed by President Lincoln minister to Guatemala, but declined to serve, and in 1866 he became chief justice of Nebraska territory.

KELLOGG, William Pitt, senator, b. in Or- well, Vt., 8 Dec, 1831. He removed to Illinois in 1848, studied law in Peoria, and was admitted to the bar in 1854, beginning practice in Pulton county. He was a delegate to the Republican national conventions of 1856 and 1860, and a presi- dential elector in both these years, and in 1861 was appointed chief justice of Nebraska, which office he resigned later in the year to become colo- nel of the 7th Illinois cavalry. He served under Pope in Missouri, and commanded a brigade until the evacuation of Corinth, but left the army on account of feeble health, and in April, 1865, was appointed collector of the port of New Orleans. On the reorganization of the state government in Louisiana he was chosen to the U. S. senate as a Republican, and served from 1868 till 1871. On 19 June, 1872, he was nominated for governor by the " custom-house " branch of the party, and in August, by an agreement with the branch that had nominated P. B. S. Pinchback, became the can- didate of the whole party. The various wings of the Democratic party united on John McEnery. The election was held on 4 Nov., and Kellogg, on 16 Nov., obtained a temporary injunction in a IJ. S. court, restraining the returning-board from an- nouncing the result, alleging among other things that changes had been illegally made in the board for the purpose of declaring McEnery elected. Judge Edward H. Durell rendered a final decision in Kellogg's favor; but both the rival boards were organized,two legislatures con vened,each candidate was declared elected, and both were inaugurated on 14 Jan., 1873. A committee of congress inves- tigated the matter, and advised that a new election be held ; but a bill to that effect was lost, and the administration recognized Mr. Kellogg as legal governor of the state. The McEnery party finally appealed to arms, alleging that the Kellogg admin- istration was a usurpation, and after a conflict with the metropolitan police, in the streets of the city, seized the state and city buildings and prop- erty on 14 Sept., and compelled Gov. Kellogg to take refuge in the custom-house. President Grant immediately issued a proclamation ordering the insurgents to disperse, and by 20 Sept. order had been restored by U. S. troops, and the Kellogg government was re-established. The political ex- citement continued, and civil war was prevented only by the presence of the U. S. forces ; but in 1875 there was a second congressional investigation, and an agreement was made by which Gov. Kellogg remained in office, while a compromise legislature was recognized as the legal one. On 25 Feb., 1876, Gov. Kellogg was impeached by the lower house of the legislature, the principal accusation being that he had used for other purposes money that had been set apart for the payment of interest ; but the case was dismissed by the senate. On 8 Jan., 1877, his term expired, and, as before, both the Republicans and the Democrats organized state governments. Mr. Kellogg was chosen to the U. S. senate by the former, and admitted to his seat by vote of the senate on 30 Nov., 1877. He was elected to the lower house of congress in 1882, and served from 1883 till 1885.

KELLUM, John, architect, b. in Hempstead, N. Y., 27 Aug., 1809 ; d. there, 25 July, 1871. He began life as a house-carpenter in his native vil- lage, but after a few years went to Brooklyn, N. Y., worked at his trade, studied architecture, and was subsequently foreman in the workshop of Gamaliel King, of New York, who in 1846 took him into part- nership. He was fertile in invention, and particu- larly successful in adopting the renaissance style of architecture to business purposes. Among the build- ings that were designed by him in New York city are the " Herald " building, Alexander T. Stewart's building at 10th street and Broadway and his residence on Fifth avenue, the Park avenue hotel, the Stock exchange, the Mutual life insurance company's buildings on Broadway, and the New York city court-house. Mr. Kellum was also the superintendent of all the buildings that were erected by Alexander T. Stewart at Garden City, N. Y.

KELLY, James Edward, sculptor, b. in New York city. 30 July, 1855. He studied at the Na- tional academy of design and at the Art students' league, and also acquired a knowledge of wood-en- graving. In 1875 he opened a studio with Edwin A. Abbey, and there made numerous drawings for the magazines and Bryant and Gay's " History of the United States." In 1878 he was commissioned by a publishing-house to prepare a series of por- traits of the distinguished generals of the civil war. Among these were Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, Hooker. Hancock, and Ord. In addition to mak- ing portrait studies, sketches and studies were made, from life in each case, for pictures of re- markable incidents in the careers of these officers, the models themselves furnishing all details. Dur- ing the progress of this work he made the statuette of " Sheridan's Ride," which was shown in the ex- hibition of the National academy in 1879. He now determined to devote his attention to sculpture. In 1883 he was chosen from among many competi- tors to make the five bass-reliefs which surround the base of the Monmouth battle monument. The subjects selected were " Council of War at Hope- well," " Washington rallying the Troops," " Ramsay defending his Guns." " Molly Pitcher," and " Wayne's Charge." Later he obtained the first prize in the competition for the Paul Revere monu- ment in Boston, but the work was subsequently assigned to a local artist. In 1886 he modelled the panel " Schuyler surrendering his Plans to Gen. Gates before the Battle of Saratoga," for the Sara- toga monument. At present (1887) he is engaged on an equestrian statue of " Gen. Grant at Donel- son," made from sittings given by Grant himself in 1880, and also on similar statues of Gen. William T. Sherman and Gen. John A. Logan.

KELLY, James Kerr, senator, b. in Centre county. Pa.. 16 Feb., 1819. He was graduated at Princeton in 1839, studied law, and was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar in 1842. He went to Cali- fornia in 1849, and in 1851 to Oregon, where in 1852 he was selected by the assembly one of a commission of three to prepare a code of laws for the territory. He was a member of the legislative council in 1853-'7, and in the latter year was a member of the convention that framed the consti- tution of Oregon. He had been chosen lieutenant- colonel of the 1st regiment of Oregon mounted volunteers in 1855, and in 1855-'6 served in the war against the Yakima Indians. He declined the office of U. S. district attorney in 1860, and from that year till 1864 sat in the state senate. In 1871-7 he was a member of the U. S. senate, hav- ing been chosen as a Democrat, and served on the committees on post-offices, mines and mining, and military affairs.
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KELLY, James Madison, lawyer, b. in Washington county, Ga., in January, 1795 ; d. in Perry,