Frank B. Kellogg
Frank B. Kellogg was an American politician who served as the twenty-eighth Chancellor of America from 1930 to 1934. When Chancellor James M. Cox was not selected for re-nomination for the Whigs, the party looked to Kellogg, who had served as Secretary of State. Kellogg won a controversial selection with many believing his nomination was illegitimate. He, however, had previously worked under Chancellor Theodore Roosevelt, and served with distinction. With this and tacit support from former Secretary to the Monarch Franklin D. Roosevelt, he gained support from the other parties enough to gain the selection.
Kellogg served the Chancellery at a time when King James I began to assert his opinions on the governing of the kingdom. It was also at this time that Catrachia continued their War of Mexican Unification against the Republic of Mexico. Kellogg urged non-involvement in the war, and to recognize the re-emergence of the Second Mexican Empire. He believed that Antonio would be victorious, and that good relations between Mexico and America could be improved.
Kellogg also worked to improve relations with the territories of Rio Grande and Yucatan. The two had been growing discontent with their place within the Kingdom, seeing themselves marginalized.
Kellogg condemned the use of military force to assert control, as well as using war and the military for resolving disagreements. In doing so, he wished to send a condemnation of the Irish War for Independence, believing a peaceful solution could be found. He also attempted to use this position to avoid a war between Germany and Russia. This would prove to only delay the conflict.
With his health failing, he elected to not seek the nomination again, instead giving his support for Henry L. Stimson. Kellogg would died in 1937, just three years after leaving office.
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