United States Civil War Congressman from New York

(1809-65) Born in Elizabethtown, Essex County, N.Y. He was engaged in the carpenter's trade in his early youth; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1838, and commenced practice in Elizabethtown, where he served as surrogate of Essex County, from 1840-1844. He was elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth U.S. Congress serving from 1847-49. Served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1860; was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth U.S. Congresses and served from 1863, until his death in Elizabethtown, N.Y., August 24, 1865. He was interred in Riverside Cemetery.

Signature with place: 5 3/4 x 1 1/2, in ink, Orlando Kellogg, Elizabeth Town, N. York.