Former Vice President Mike Pence was honored Sunday night by receiving the “Profile in Courage” Award at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, Massachusetts.

Pence was honored for refusing to comply with President Donald Trump’s request not to certify the 2020 election results in Congress on Jan. 6, 2021. According to the JFK Library Foundation, the former vice president was chosen as this year’s award recipient “for putting his life and career on the line to ensure the constitutional transfer of presidential power on Jan. 6, 2021.” Pence was Trump’s vice president from January 2017 to January 2021.