 1868 - 1941 (72 years)
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| Name |
Sackett, Frederic Mosley |
| Born |
17 Dec 1868 |
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Residence |
2 Feb 1939 |
West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA [2] |
| Died |
18 May 1941 |
Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA [1] |
| Buried |
21 May 1941 |
Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA [1] |
| Person ID |
I1783 |
Sackett | Descendants of Thomas Sacket the Elder, Simon Sackett the Colonist |
| Last Modified |
29 May 2017 |
| Father |
Sackett, Frederick Mosley, b. 26 Feb 1840, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA , d. 9 Oct 1913, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA (Age 73 years) |
| Mother |
Paine, Emma Louisa, b. 1842, d. 20 May 1922, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA (Age 80 years) |
| Married |
15 Nov 1866 |
| Children |
4 children |
| | 1. Sackett, Frederic Mosley, b. 17 Dec 1868, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA , d. 18 May 1941, Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA (Age 72 years) | | | 2. Sackett, Elizabeth Paine, b. 13 Dec 1870, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA , d. 23 Apr 1960, Rhode Island, USA (Age 89 years) | | | 3. Sackett, Henry Weston, b. 16 Sep 1872, d. 16 Feb 1934 (Age 61 years) | | | 4. Sackett, Franklin Page, b. 6 Jul 1875, d. 18 Nov 1920, Haverford, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 45 years) |
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| Family ID |
F769 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Speed, Olive, b. 10 Sep 1869, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA , d. 19 Dec 1948, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA (Age 79 years) |
| Married |
3 Apr 1898 |
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| Last Modified |
22 Feb 2013 |
| Family ID |
F770 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Event Map |
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 | Born - 17 Dec 1868 - Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA |
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 | Residence - 2 Feb 1939 - West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA |
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 | Died - 18 May 1941 - Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA |
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 | Buried - 21 May 1941 - Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA |
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 Documents
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2 Documents |
 | Sackett, Frederick Mosley
Sen. Frederick Mosley Sackett selected as Ambassador to Germany: Citation from Cleveland Plain Dealer Newspaper,
Monday, December 30, 1921, page 6 |
 | Sackett, Frederic Mosley
Germany to Give Science Degree to U. S. Envoy Sackett
Date: Monday, April 25, 1932
Paper: Dallas Morning News (Dallas, Texas)
Section: I Page: One |
| Headstones |
 | Sackett, Frederic Mosley
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: Mike Maloney
Record added: Nov 22, 2002
Find A Grave Memorial# 6944883
Headstone photo added by: babs, portrait added by Ron Moody |
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| Notes |
- A lawyer.
Mr. Sackett was educated at Brown University in Providence, R. I., and received an LL. B. degree from Harvard University in 1893. He practiced law in Columbus, Ohio, from 1893 to 1897. In year last named he moved to Louisville, Ky., where he has since been engaged in the practice of law and development of various bituminous coal interests. In 1907 he was vice-president of the North Jellico Coal Company of Kentucky. - [Weygant, p. 430]
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Supplied by Ted Smith:
From Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000006
SACKETT, Frederic Mosley, (1868 - 1941)
Senate Years of Service: 1925-1930
Party: Republican
SACKETT, Frederic Mosley, a Senator from Kentucky; born in Providence, R.I., December 17, 1868; attended the public schools; graduated from Brown University at Providence in 1890 and from the law department of Harvard University in 1893; admitted to the bar in 1893 and commenced practice in Columbus, Ohio, the same year; moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1897, to Louisville, Ky., in 1898, and continued the practice of his profession until 1907; was also interested in the mining of coal and the manufacture of cement; president of the Louisville Gas Co. and of the Louisville Lighting Co. 1907-1912; member of the Board of Trade of Louisville, serving as president in 1917, 1922, and 1923; director of the Louisville Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank 1917-1924; during the First World War served as federal food administrator for Kentucky 1917-1919; member of the Kentucky State Board of Charities and Corrections 1919-1924; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1924 and served from March 4, 1925, to January 9, 1930, when he resigned, having been appointed Ambassador to Germany by President Herbert Hoover, in which capacity he served from 1930 to 1933, when he resigned; chairman, Committee on Expenditures in Executive Departments (Seventieth and Seventy-first Congresses); resumed his former business activities; died on May 18, 1941, in Baltimore, Md.; interment in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
[Burke, Bernard. "Senator and Diplomat: The Public Career of Frederick M. Sackett." Filson Club History Quarterly 61 (April 1987): 185-216. ]
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He and his wife were childless.
He settled in Louisville, KY during WW I.
1917: Named as Federal Food Administratro for the state of Kentucky.
1919-1924: Appointed to the Kentucky State Board of Charities and Corrrections.
1924-1929: U. S. Senator from Kentucky.
December 1929 - March 4, 1933: Ambassador to Germany appointed by President Hoover; submitted his resignation to President Roosevelt on inauguration day. Although he was well qualified and served well, his apointment as ambassador was generally considered as having been made to remove Mr. Sackett from a potentially bitter re-election contest.
[Source: Bernard V. Burke; "Senator and Diplomat: The Public Career of Frederic M. Sackett." in The Filson Club History Quarterly; April 1987; Vol. 63, No. 2, pages 185-216.]
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Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, KY
http://www.cavehillcemetery.com/searchdetail.php?id=45140
Deceased: SACKETT FREDERICK MOSELEY
Birth Date: / /
Death Date: / /
Service Date: May 21, 1941
Property Information: SECTION 1, Lot 203, Part , Range , Grave *4-A
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Find A Grave Memorial
Frederic Moseley Sackett, Jr
Birth: Dec. 17, 1868; Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
Death: May 18, 1941; Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA
Burial:
Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA
Lawyer, senator and diplomat. Served as U.S. Senator from 1925 - 1930, when President Herbert Hoover appointed him Ambassador to Germany, serving until 1933. Spoke out against Hitler to U.S. Secretary of State Henry Stimson. (bio by: Mike Maloney)
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: Mike Maloney
Record added: Nov 22, 2002
Find A Grave Memorial# 6944883
Photograph added by: Mike Maloney
Headstone picture added by: babe
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| Sources |
- [S543] Find A Grave (www.findagrave.com), Memorial# 6944883 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1619] Newspapers.com (Reliability: 2), 29 May 2017.
The Palm Beach Post (West Palm Beach, Florida), 21 Feb 1939, page 9
Mr. and Mrs. Frederic M. Sackett had a small group for dinner at Tre Fontane complimenting his sister, their guest, Mrs. Lauriston Hazard of Providence.
Transcribed by Ted Smith; this article describes Elizabeth Paine Sackett and her sister-in-law, Olive Speed, the wife of Frederick Mosley Sackett.
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