Frank Kellogg

Frank Billings Kellogg ( December 22 , 1856 – December 21 , 1937 ) was an American Politician and Statesman . He was born in Potsdam, New York , and his family moved to Minnesota in 1865 . He began practicing law in Rochester, Minnesota in 1877 . He was city attorney of Rochester 1878 – 1881 and county attorney for Olmsted County, Minnesota 1882 – 1887 . He moved to St. Paul, Minnesota in 1887.

Kellogg was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate from Minnesota and served from March 4 , 1917 to March 3 , 1923 . He lost his re-election bid in 1922 . He was a delegate to the Fifth International Conference Of American States at Santiago, Chile in 1923 , and served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Britain from 1923 to 1925 .

He was United States Secretary Of State in the Cabinet of President Calvin Coolidge 1925 – 1929 . In 1928, he was awarded the Freedom of Dublin City in Ireland and in 1929 the government of France made him a member of the Legion Of Honor . As Secretary of State, he coauthored the Kellogg-Briand Pact signed in 1928 . He was associate judge of the Permanent Court Of International Justice from 1930 to 1935 . Kellogg was awarded the 1929 Nobel Peace Prize . He died in St. Paul .

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