| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1930 |
| Number: | 11 - 1 |
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Nominee:
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| Name: | Frank Billings Kellogg |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1856 |
| Year, Death: | 1937 |
| Profession: | Former Secretary of State (1925-1929). |
| City: | Washington, DC |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1929 |
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| 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. |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | R L Wilbur |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | Secretary of Interior |
| City: | Washington, DC |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
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| Comments: |
Many of the nominations in favour of Kellogg seems to have sprung from Wilbur's nomination. The Nobel Committee also received a number of nominations from people not entitled to nominate.
In 1930 Kellogg received the Nobel Peace Prize for 1929.
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