Alexander Galt Barret was born in Louisville, KY, son of Emma Tyler and Henry Wood Barret. Educated in private schools, he graduated from Harvard College in 1889 at the age of 18 with an AB degree and graduated from Harvard Law School in 1893. He returned home and started his practice in Louisville. He is known as one of the leaders of the Louisville and Kentucky Bars. He was involved on the winning side in a number of prominent cases. He represented the Fusion party with regard to the election held in Louisville and Jefferson County in 1905. That election was set aside as fraudulent by the Court of Appeals of Kentucky. He also served as chairman of the Board of Public Works of Louisville, treasurer of the Orphanage of the Good Shepherd, secretary of the Children's Free Hospital of Louisville, trustee of the Lincoln Institute of Kentucky, and president of the Louisville Bar Association. In 1911, he was appointed by the governor as chairman of a commission to investigate conditions of working women in Kentucky. He was a member of the Louisville Board of Education and president in 1918. During World War I, he served as a member of the Legal Advisory Board for Jefferson County, and was enforcement attorney for the Federal Food Administration. He was also a member of the Civilian Committee for Examination of Applicants for Admission to Field Artillery Central Officers Training School. In 1920, he was appointed to a commission to make an educational survey of the State of Kentucky. He served as a highly respected judge in Jefferson Circuit Court before retiring. He was married to Ellen R. Bell and father of one child, Ellen Robinson Barret.
Alexander Galt Barret was born in Louisville, KY, son of Emma Tyler and Henry Wood Barret. Educated in private schools, he graduated from Harvard College in 1889 at the age of 18 with an AB degree and graduated from Harvard Law School in 1893. He returned home and started his practice in Louisville. He is known as one of the leaders of the Louisville and Kentucky Bars. He was involved on the winning side in a number of prominent cases. He represented the Fusion party with regard to the election held in Louisville and Jefferson County in 1905. That election was set aside as fraudulent by the Court of Appeals of Kentucky. He also served as chairman of the Board of Public Works of Louisville, treasurer of the Orphanage of the Good Shepherd, secretary of the Children's Free Hospital of Louisville, trustee of the Lincoln Institute of Kentucky, and president of the Louisville Bar Association. In 1911, he was appointed by the governor as chairman of a commission to investigate conditions of working women in Kentucky. He was a member of the Louisville Board of Education and president in 1918. During World War I, he served as a member of the Legal Advisory Board for Jefferson County, and was enforcement attorney for the Federal Food Administration. He was also a member of the Civilian Committee for Examination of Applicants for Admission to Field Artillery Central Officers Training School. In 1920, he was appointed to a commission to make an educational survey of the State of Kentucky. He served as a highly respected judge in Jefferson Circuit Court before retiring. He was married to Ellen R. Bell and father of one child, Ellen Robinson Barret.
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