FRANK B. KELLOGG

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FULL NAME:
Frank Billings Kellogg

BORN:
December 22, 1856;
Potsdam, New York

DIED:
December 21, 1937 (age 80)
St. Paul, Minnesota;

EDUCATION:
Studied Law in Rochester, Minnesota

POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican

HIGHLIGHTS:
1865:
Moved to Minnesota with Parents,
Worked on Farm
1877:
Admitted to Bar;
Began Practicing Law in Rochester, Minnesota
1878-1881:
City Attorney for Rochester, Minnesota
1882-1887:
County Attorney for Olmsted County
1887:
Moved to St. Paul, Minnesota
1904-1912:
Member, Republican National Committee
1905-1911:
Prosecuted Several Antitrust Cases as Special Assistant Attorney General 
1911:
Won Antitrust Case Against Standard Oil Company
1912-1913:
President, American Bar Association
1917-1923:
U.S. Senator (R-MN),
Unsuccessful Candidate for Reelection (1922)
1923:
Delegate to the Fifth International Conference of American States, Santiago, Chile
1923-1925:
U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain 
1925-1929:
U.S. Secretary of State
1928:
Co-Author of Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact
1929:
Resumed Practice of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota;
Awarded Nobel Peace Prize
1930-1935:
Associate Judge, Permanent Court for International Justice

PORTRAITS:

Photo Credit: Harris Ewing (Library of Congress Collection)
Artist: Philip Alexius de Laszlo de Lombos (State Dep. Portrait)

RESOURCES:

9/10/1925: President and Mrs. Coolidge standing with Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover (far left) and Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg (far right) at Union Station on their return from Swampscott. (National Photo Company Collection/ Library of Congress)

BIOGRAPHIES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
Minnesota Historical Society
Department of State
Nobel Prize
UVA Miller Center
Wikipedia

RESEARCH:
Papers (Minnesota Historical Society)

OBITUARY:
Associated Press