Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1929
Number:9 - 1
 
Nominee:
Name:Frank Billings Kellogg
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1856
Year, Death:1937
Profession:Secretary of State (1925-1929).
City:Washington, DC
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1929
 
Motivation:Kellogg was nominated for his contribution to the Briand-Kellogg Pact. The pact condemned the use of war as a solution of international conflicts.
 
Nominator 1:
Name:Theodore E Burton
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1851
Year, Death:1929
Profession:Member of Congress (Senate and House of Representatives)
City:Washington, DC
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
 
Nominator 2:
Name:Charles Gates Dawes
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1865
Year, Death:1951
Profession:Member of Congress (Senate and House of Representatives)
City:Washington, D.C.
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
 
Nominator 3:
Name:Lionel George Curtis
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1872
Year, Death:1955
Profession:Member of Congress (Senate and House of Representatives)
City:Washington, D.C.
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
 
Nominator 4:
Name: Longworth
Gender:M
Profession:Member of Congress (Senate and House of Representatives)
City:Washington, D.C.
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
 
Nominator 5:
Name: Shipstead
Gender:M
Profession:Member of Congress (Senate and House of Representatives)
City:Washington, D.C.
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
 
Nominator 6:
Name: Schall
Gender:M
Profession:Member of Congress (Senate and House of Representatives)
City:Washington, D.C.
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
 
Nominator 7:
Name: Walsh
Gender:M
Profession:Member of Congress (Senate and House of Representatives)
City:Washington, D.C.
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
 
Nominator 8:
Name: Fess
Gender:M
Profession:Member of Congress (Senate and House of Representatives)
City:Washington, D.C.
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
 
Nominator 9:
Name: Newton
Gender:M
Profession:Member of Congress (Senate and House of Representatives)
City:Washington, D.C.
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
 
Comments: The nominators: Theodore E. Burton (President of the US Inter-Parliamentary Group), Ch. G. Dawes(US vice president 1925-29, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 1925 and ambassador to London), Curtis (Vice President of the US Inter-Parliamentary Group), Longworth (President of the House of Representatives), Shipstead, Schall, Walsh and Fess (senators), Walter H. Newton (member of the House of Representatives). In 1930 Kellogg received the Nobel Peace Prize for 1929.