Frederic M. Sackett
Frederic Mosley Sackett ( born December 17, 1868 in Providence, Rhode Iceland, † May 18, 1941 in Baltimore, Maryland ) was an American politician ( Republican) and diplomat.
Life
Sackett, whose father ran a woolen manufacture, took an after school visit to a law degree. He graduated in 1890 from Brown University and in 1893 at Harvard. After taking in the Bar Association in the same year he began to practice in Columbus. Shortly thereafter, he moved to Cincinnati, and later to Louisville in Kentucky. He worked until 1907 as a lawyer.
1898 married Olive Sackett and speed that came from a wealthy and well-known family of Kentucky. This was passed through trade in coal and cement to prosperity. Over time, even Sackett was introduced in this way in the business world. Between 1907 and 1912 he was president of the Louisville Gas Company and the Louisville Lighting Company. The Chamber of Commerce of Louisville he faced in the years 1917, 1922 and 1923. From 1917 to 1924 he headed the local branch of the Federal Reserve Bank.
Public offices
During the First World War, Frederic Sackett served as Federal Commissioner for the food supply in the state of Kentucky. He became friends with the future U.S. President Herbert Hoover, at this time, National Food Commissioner. From 1919 to 1924 he was a member of Kentucky state welfare authority.
In 1924 he was elected for the Republican Party as a representative of Kentucky in the U.S. Senate. His term began on March 4, 1925. On January 9, 1930, he resigned after him President Hoover had appointed Ambassador of the United States in Germany. After three years of service in Berlin, he put these items down and took 1933 as a private citizen his business activities on.
During a visit to Baltimore, he died of a heart attack Corol. He was buried in Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville.
Honors
- Honorary doctorate from the Graduate School of Berlin