Robert L. Bacon
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- This article is about the colonel and congressman. For his father who served as Secretary of State, see Robert Bacon.
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| In office March 4, 1923 – September 12, 1938 |
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| Preceded by | Frederick C. Hicks |
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| Succeeded by | Leonard W. Hall |
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| Born | July 23, 1884 Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, USA |
| Died | September 12, 1938 Lake Success, New York, USA |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Virginia Murray Bacon |
| Profession | Politician, Banker, Lawyer, Military Officer |
Robert Low Bacon (July 23, 1884 – September 12, 1938) was a banker, colonel and congressman from New York.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, the son of Martha Waldron Cowdin and future Secretary of State Robert Bacon, he received a common school education as a child. Bacon went on to graduate from Harvard University in 1907 and from Harvard Law School in 1910. That same year he got a job at the United States Treasury Department where he worked until 1911 when moved to Old Westbury, New York to engage in banking in New York City. In 1916, he worked with the New York National Guard at the Texas border. Bacon then went to fight in World War I where he attained the rank of major and was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal. In 1919, he was commissioned to the United States Officers’ Reserve Corps with a promotion of lieutenant colonel and later to colonel in 1923. Bacon was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago, Illinois in 1920. He was elected a Republican to the sixty-eighth congress in 1922 and served from 1922 until his death in 1838 though still continuing his military career in the Officers’ Reserve Corps during his years in the House of Representatives. He died of a heart attack in Lake Success, New York and was interred at Arlington National Cemetery.
[edit] External links
- Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Robert L. Bacon at Find A Grave
| Preceded by Frederick C. Hicks |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 1st congressional district March 4, 1923 – September 12, 1938 |
Succeeded by Leonard W. Hall |
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