Robert L. Bacon
Robert Low Bacon (born July 23, 1884 in Jamaica Plain , Boston , Massachusetts , † September 12, 1938 in Lake Success , New York ) was an American politician and officer in the United States Army . Between 1923 and 1938 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .
Career
Robert Low Bacon, son of Robert Bacon and brother of Gaspar G. Bacon , attended public schools. He graduated from Harvard University in 1907 and from Harvard Law School in 1910. He then worked for the US Treasury Department in 1910 and 1911 . Last year he moved to Old Westbury, New York to do banking in New York City. He took part in the Business Men's Military Training Camp in Plattsburgh in 1915 . He then served in the New York National Guard on the Texas border in 1916 . After the United States entered the First World War , he enlisted in the US Army on April 24, 1917. During his service, he was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal . When he was released on January 2, 1919, he held the rank of major . That same year he joined the United States Officers' Reserve Corps as a Lieutenant Colonel . He was promoted to colonel in January 1923 and served until his death.
Politically, he belonged to the Republican Party . He took part in several state conventions. In 1920 he represented his state as a delegate at the Republican National Convention in Chicago . In the 1922 congressional election , Bacon was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of New York , where he succeeded Frederick C. Hicks on March 4, 1923 . Bacon was re-elected seven times in a row. During this time, the Davis – Bacon Act was passed in 1931 and Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected President in 1932 . Bacon was a leading opponent of his New Deal reforms in Congress. On the way from a visit to New York City he died on September 12, 1938 of complications from a myocardial infarction in Lake Success. His body was buried in Arlington National Cemetery .
His brother Gaspar G. Bacon was President of the Massachusetts Senate between 1929 and 1932 and Vice-Governor of Massachusetts between 1933 and 1935 . The actor Gaspar G. Bacon junior , better known as David Bacon, was his nephew.
Web links
- Robert L. Bacon in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
- Robert L. Bacon in the database of Find a Grave (English)
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SURNAME | Bacon, Robert L. |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bacon, Robert Low |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American officer and politician |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 23, 1884 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Jamaica Plain , Boston , Massachusetts |
DATE OF DEATH | September 12, 1938 |
Place of death | Lake Success , New York |