Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1929
Number:9 - 2
 
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:
Name:Cornelius Bernhard Hanssen
Gender:M
Profession:Member of the Norwegian parliament. Member of the Nobel Committee (1913-1939).
City:Flekkefjord
Country:NORWAY (NO)
 
Comments: In 1930 Kellogg received the Nobel Peace Prize for 1929.