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BACON, Robert Low, a Representative from New York; born in Jamaica Plains, Boston, Mass., July 23, 1884; attended the public schools; was graduated from Harvard University in 1907 and from its law school in 1910; was an employee of the United
States Treasury Department in 1910 and 1911; moved to Old Westbury, N.Y., in 1911 and engaged in the banking business in New York City 1911-1922; delegate to several State conventions; delegate to the Republican National Convention at Chicago
in 1920; attended the business men's training camp at Plattsburg in 1915; served on the Texas border with the New York National Guard in 1916; during the First World War served with the United States military forces from April 24, 1917, to
January 2, 1919, attaining the rank of major; awarded the Distinguished Service Medal; commissioned in the United States Officers' Reserve Corps with the rank of lieutenant colonel in 1919; promoted to colonel in January 1923 and served until
his death; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-eighth and to the seven succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1923, until his death at Lake Success, Long Island, N.Y., en route from a visit to New York City, September 12, 1938;
interment in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.Official Congressional Biography
Son of Robert and Martha Waldron (Cowdin) B.; A.B., Harvard, 1907, LL.B., 1910; married Virginia Murray, Apr. 14, 1913; childrenAlexandra Murray, Virginia Murray, Martha. With U.S. Treasury Dept., 1910-11; mem. Kissel, Kinnicutt & Co.,
banking, 1911-23. Mem. Rep. State Com., N.Y.; formerly mem. Rep. County Com., Nassau Co., N.Y.; del. Rep. State Conv., N.Y., 1915, 19 and 1920-23 inclusive; del. Rep. Nat. Conv., Chicago, 1920; mem. 68th to 75th Congresses (1923-39). 1st N.Y.
Dist.; mem. Rep. Congressional Com., Attended original Plattsburg T.C., 1915; enlisted in N.G.N.Y.; lt. 1st N.Y.F.A., Mexican border service, 1916; with Field Arty., U.S.A., Apr. 24, 1917-Jan. 2, 1919; served as asst. to chief of F.A.,
Washington, D.C., and promoted maj.; grad. sch. of Fire for F.A., Ft. Sill, Okla., Nov. 10, 1918; lt. col. and col. O.R.C., U.S.A.; comdg. officer 304th Cav., 61st Div., Jan. 1923-Jan. 1924; now col. F.A., O.R.C. Awarded D.S.M. Mem. bd.
visitors U.S. Naval Acad.; mem. 150th Anniversary Commn. Battle of Bunker Hill. Episcopalian. Mason. Home: Westbury, L.I., N.YMarquis Who Was Who
Bridesmaid to Alice Milred Carter
The estate is estimated at more than $2,000,000.
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Bacon, Robert (1860-1919) of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., July 5, 1860. Son of William B. Bacon and Emily C. (Low) Bacon; married, October 10, 1883, to Martha Waldron Cowdin; father of Robert Low Bacon. U.S. Secretary of State, 1909; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1909-12; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I. Presbyterian. Died in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., May 29, 1919. Burial location unknown.
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Son of William B. and Emily C. (Low) B.; A.B., Harvard. 1880; married Martha Waldron Cowdin, Oct. 10, 1883. Entered banking house of Lee, Higginson & Co., Boston, 1881; became mem. E. Rollins Morse & Bro., 1883, until 1894; mem. J. P. Morgan & Co., New York, 1894-1903. Asst. sec. of state, U.S., 1905-09, except from Jan. 27-Mar. 6, 1909, when was Sec. of State, succeeding Elihu Root, elected to Senate; ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to France, Dec., 1909-Jan., 1912. Mem. Bd. Overseers, Harvard U., 1889-1901 and 1902-08; fellow, Harvard, Jan., 1912. Commd. maj., U.S.R., May, 1917; assigned to staff of Gen. Pershing with A.E.F. in France. Home: New York, N.Y
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Died from blood poisoning after mastoiditis operation.
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