| 1831 December 8 |
Born in Orwell, Vermont. Later attends Norwich Military Academy in Vermont |
| 1848 | His family moves to Peoria County, Illinois. |
| 1853 | Passes bar and opens a practice in Canton, Illinois. |
| 1856 | Helps establish the Republican party in a convention at Bloomington, Illinois. |
| 1860 | At the National Republican Convention at Chicago he befriends Lincoln and becomes an elector. After the election Lincoln appoints him the Chief Justice of the Nebraska Territory. |
| 1861 | He is commissioned a Colonel in the 7th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry but ill health will force him to leave the army. |
| 1865 April 13 |
Leaves the Nebraska court to become Collector of Customs at New Orleans making him one of the first carpetbaggers. The last official document that President Lincoln signed appointed Kellogg the Customs Collector of the Port of New Orleans. |
| 1865 June 6 |
Marries Mary E. Wills of Canton, Ohio. |
| 1868 July |
The state legislature elects him to the U. S. Senate. |
| 1872 November 1 |
Resigns from the U. S. Senate to run against John
McEnery as a Republican candidate for governor. Although the State Returning Board, controlled by Henry C. Warmoth is now supporting Democrat McEnery, a new board is organized by Grant to clean up Louisiana politics. Both Kellogg and McEnery claim victory, backed by their respective returning boards and are inaugurated by two separate legislatures. |
| 1873 May 22 |
Grant’s executive order names Kellogg as the winner and he chooses a house on St. Charles Avenue for the executive mansion. Most Louisiana citizens refuse to accept the results and refuse payment of taxes. Lawlessness reigns outside of New Orleans and Kellogg is the object of an assassination attempt. Kellogg spends most summers during his administration taking lengthy trips north to avoid the fevers. The panic of 1873 causes additional turmoil in the state. |
| 1874 September 14 |
An armed force of Democrats marches on the State House in New Orleans to overthrow the state government. Kellogg flees to the Custom House and appeals to president Grant who calls up troops to return order to the state. |
| 1876 February |
The State House of Representatives, which has a Democratic majority, votes to impeach Kellogg, but the Republican Senate refuses to convict. |
| 1876 | The state elections coincide with the national election
this year. The Republicans choose U. S. Marshall Stephen B. Packard while
the Democrats choose a native former Brigadier General Francis
T. Nicholls for governor. The results are arguably the most controversial elections in U.S. history ending with the Compromise of 1877. As part of the compromise Kellogg is given a seat in the U. S. Senate where he serves without distinction. |
| 1883 | Kellogg is elected to the United States House of Representatives from the sugar district of Bayou Teche. |
| 1885 | His political career as an office holder ends. He is a delegate to Republican national conventions through 1896. |
| 1896 | Moves to Washington D.C. |
| 1918 August 19 |
Dies at his home in Washington D. C. |