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Robert Bacon
Secretary of State,
Term of Appointment:
01/27/1909 to
03/05/1909
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- Born in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, July 5, 1860;
- Graduated from Harvard University in 1880;
- After a trip around the world, commenced a business career with Lee, Higginson & Company of Boston in 1881;
- Married Martha Waldron Cowdin in 1883;
- Member of the firm of E. Rollins Morse & Brother of Boston, 1883-1894;
- Member of the New York firm of J. P. Morgan & Company, 1894-1903;
- Assistant Secretary of State 1905-1909 and Acting Secretary while Elihu Root was in South America in 1906;
- Secretary of State in President Roosevelt's Cabinet from January 27, 1909, and served until March 5, 1909;
- As Secretary of State, obtained the advice and consent of the Senate to the canal treaties of 1909 with Colombia and Panama;
- Ambassador to France, 1909-1912;
- Became a Fellow of Harvard in 1912;
- Made a journey to South America at the request of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in 1913;
- Went to France in August 1914 and helped with the work of the "American Ambulance";
- Commissioned a major and detailed to General Pershing's staff in 1917;
- Promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1918 and served as Chief of the American Military Mission at British General Headquarters;
- Died in New York City on May 29, 1919.
Released on July 15, 2003
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