Kellogg, Frank Billings (1856-1937), was an American lawyer, diplomat, and statesman. He won the 1929 Nobel Peace Prize for his work in framing the Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928. In 1930, Kellogg was appointed a judge of the Permanent Court of International Justice.
Kellogg was born on Dec. 22, 1856, in Potsdam, New York. He had little formal education but read law and was admitted to the bar in 1877. He prosecuted business trusts, especially the oil, railroad, and paper monopolies.
Kellogg served as a Republican U.S. senator from Minnesota from 1917 to 1923 and as U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom in 1924 and 1925. Kellogg was secretary of state from 1925 to 1929. He died on Dec. 21, 1937.
