William J. Bacon

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William J. Bacon

William Johnson Bacon (born February 18, 1803 in Williamstown , Massachusetts , † July 3, 1889 in Utica , New York ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1877 and 1879 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives . Congressman Ezekiel Bacon was his father and Congressman John Bacon was his grandfather.

Career

William Johnson Bacon was born in Berkshire County about nine years before the outbreak of the British-American War . The family moved to Oneida County in 1815 and settled in Utica. In 1822 he graduated from Hamilton College in Clinton . He studied law and graduated from Litchfield Law School in 1824 . He began practicing in Utica after receiving his bar license that same year. In 1837 he was appointed City Attorney . He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1850 . In 1851 he was elected trustee of Hamilton College . He became a judge on the New York Supreme Court for the fifth district in 1854 - a post he held until 1870. He was ex officio a judge at the New York Court of Appeals .

Politically, Bacon belonged to the Republican Party . In the congressional elections of 1876 for the 45th Congress he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 23rd  constituency of New York , where he succeeded Scott Lord on March 4, 1877 . Since he on a run again in 1878 renounced, he left the after March 3, 1879 Congress of.

After his time at Congress he went back to his practice as a lawyer. He died in Utica on July 3, 1889 and was then buried in Forest Hill Cemetery .

literature

Web links

  • William J. Bacon in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Bacon, William J.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bacon, William Johnson
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 18, 1803
PLACE OF BIRTH Williamstown , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH July 3, 1889
Place of death Utica , New York