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  Victor Anderville Bradley (b. 1885) — also known as Victor Bradley — of Georgetown, Scott County, Ky. Born in Georgetown, Scott County, Ky., June 30, 1885. Son of Victor F. Bradley and Mary (Craig) Bradley. Democrat. Lawyer; attorney for railroads and utilities; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1920. Christian. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, May 30, 1908, to Sophia Willoit.
  Cap Robert Carden (1866-1935) — also known as Cap R. Carden — of Munfordville, Hart County, Ky. Born in Hart County, Ky., December 17, 1866. Son of William P. Carden and Frances (King) Carden. Democrat. Lawyer; business executive; farmer; Hart County Sheriff; Hart County Attorney; organized Glenbrook Power Company and Munfordville Bridge Company; U.S. Representative from Kentucky, 1931-35 (4th District 1931-33, at-large 1933-35, 4th District 1935); died in office 1935. Baptist. Died in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., June 13, 1935 (age 68 years, 178 days). Interment at Munfordville Cemetery, Munfordville, Ky.
  Relatives: Married, March 7, 1900, to Mamie Hubbard.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Robert William Nelson (1845-1927) — also known as Robert W. Nelson — of Newport, Campbell County, Ky. Born in Alexandria, Campbell County, Ky., April 3, 1845. Son of John Hayden Nelson (1801-1889) and Marie Ellen Sallie Nelson. Lawyer; president and owner of the Georgetown Water, Gas, Electric and Power Company; one of the founders of the Latonia race track (once a famed horse racing venue) and the German National Bank of Newport; Campbell County Attorney, 1869-73; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1877-78; mayor of Newport, Ky., 1900-04. Died January 9, 1927 (age 81 years, 281 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate, Ky.
  Frederic Mosley Sackett (1868-1941) — of Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky. Born in Providence, Providence County, R.I., December 17, 1868. Son of Frederic Moseley Sackett (1840-1913) and Emma Louisa (Paine) Sackett (1842-1922). Republican. Lawyer; president, Louisville Gas Co. and Louisville Lighting Co., 1907-12; president, Pioneer Coal Co. and Black Star Coal Co.;; U.S. Senator from Kentucky, 1925-30; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1928; U.S. Ambassador to Germany, 1930-33. Unitarian. Died in Baltimore, Md., May 18, 1941 (age 72 years, 152 days). Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
  Relatives: Married, April 12, 1898, to Olive Speed (1869-1948).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Books about Frederick Sackett: Bernard V. Burke, Ambassador Frederick Sackett and the Collapse of the Weimar Republic, 1930-1933

 

 


 
   
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