Background
Sackett, Frederic Moseley was born on December 17, 1868 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Frederic M. and Emma L. (Paine) Sackett.
Sackett, Frederic Moseley was born on December 17, 1868 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Frederic M. and Emma L. (Paine) Sackett.
Bachelor of Arts, Brown U., 1890. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1893. Doctor Oec., H. C. Handelshoch Schuler, Berlin.
Doctor Rer. policy honoris causa, Tübingen, Germany. Doctor of Laws, University of Louisville, 1937.
Practiced law at Columbus, Ohio, 1893-1897, Louisville, Kentucky, 1898-1907. President Louisville Gas Company, and Louisville Lighting Company, 1907-1912. President Pioneer Coal Company, Black Star Coal Company.
Federal food administrator for Kentucky by appointment United States Food Administration, 1917. President Louisville Board of Trade, 1917 and 1922-1923. Director Louisville Branch of Federal Reserve Bank until December 1924.
United States senator from Kentucky for term 1925-1931. Resigned to become Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Germany, 1930, resigned, May 1933. Now in practice in association with Bruce & Bullitt, Louisville, Kentucky.
Member of Kentucky Bar Association Clubs: Pendennis, Country (Louisville), Harvard, Metropolitan, Chevy Chase, Burning Tree Country.
Spouse Olive Speed, April 12, 1898, Louisville, Kentucky.