The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-14

Washington, Feb. IA. Senator
Augustus o. Bacon of Georgia, q
member OF the United States senate
since 1895. died in a Washington hos
pital today, following brief illness.
Augustus Octavius Bacon was born
in Bryan county, Georgia. Oct. 20.
Mary l.. (Jonesl Bacon. He received
his early education at the common
and high schools of Liberty and Troup
counties and then entered the Uni
versitN Of Georgia, to prepare himself
for professional career. He gradu-
ated from the literary and classical
department of the university 1859.
and from the law department in the
following year.
Fought for Confederacy.
When the civil war, began. young
Bacon entered the confederate army
and during the years 1S6l-Ss served
as adjutant OF the Ninth Georgia
regiment in the army of northern vir-
ginia. He distinguished himself on
several occasions and was subsequent
ly commissioned captain In the Pro-
visional army of the confederate
states and assigned to general staff
duty.
At the close of the war he returned
to the study OF la wand was admitted
to the bar in 1866. He began to prac-
tice in Macon, Ga, both In the state
and the federal courts and devoted
himself to his increasing law business
States senate. 1t was not long before
he drifted into politics. Frequently
he was elected to state democratic
conventions and his influence and
prominence in political matters in
creased steadily from year to year.
Ia ala @~k1
democratic convention Of 1880. and
was delegate from the state at large
to the national democratic convention
in Chicago in 1884.
In Georgia House.
AS early as 1868 Mr.. Bacon was
elected presidential elector on the
Seymour and Blair ticket. Three
years later he was elected to the
Georgia house of Representatives, on
the democratic ticket. He served az
years with great ability ana became
the acknowledged leader Of his party
In the legislature. For two years he
was speaker pro tempore and for
eight years permanent speaker Of the
lower house Of the legislature and
during all that time he was practical
~ in control Of his party in the state.
several times he was a candidate
Tor the democratic nomination for
governor of Georgia and at the state
democratic convention of 1889 he
failed by a single vote only In secur-
Ing the nomination for governor
which, at that time. would have been
equivalent to election. When not en-
gagged in politics Mr.. Bacon devoted
himself to his large law practice,
which, in the course of years. made
him independently rich. He took
great interest in educational matters
and for many years was one Of the
trustees Of the University Of Georgia.
Elected in 1895.
When Alfred H. Colquitt, United
states senator from Georgia, died in
March. 1894, Mr.. Bacon was strongly
considered as an available candidate
for the uccession. Although Patrick
Walsh from Augusta was selected to
MI the nnexpired term Of the late
Senator Colquitt, Mr.. Bacon was elect
ed United States senator for the term
beginning with 1895. He was re-
elected in 1900 and 1907. Although
not a brilliant orator. Senator Bacon
was man of considerable ability
and did valuable service in a number
OF important committees.
In 1864 he married Miss Virginia.
daughter Of John Lamar. who bore
him two sons and two daughters.