Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-02-15
BACON
DIED At CAPITAL
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proclaimed the Georgia legislature
passed a law providing thai The gov
ernor Of the, state should make a
temporary appointment to; fill the va.
cancy until the next speciap election
The regular election in Georgia will
occur next October, when the senator
ial election will be held. Fly
Public officials, including the presi-
dent, expressed regret and praised
Bacon. aN. I'm
Augustus sOctavius Bacon, for man,
years United States senator from
Georgia, was born in Bryan county
Georgia, October 20, 1889, the son Of
Augustus O. and Mary L. (Jones) Ba
con. He received his early educa.
ton at the common and high schoo'
OF Liberty and Troup counties AMI
then entered the University of Geor
gle to prepare himself for a profes.
sional career He graduated from
the literary and classical department,
Of the university in 1853, and from
vi luW EuSpII lIIlCIlL. VI EttlC "Sdlllc Ill
stitution in the following year.
When the civil war began, young
Bacon, whose sympathies We're strong
ly with the cause Of the south, en-
tered the confederate army and dur
ing the years 1861 and So served as
adjutant of the Ninth Georgia !regi-
ment in the army of Northern Wiz
ginia. He distinguished himself by
his bravery on several occasions
and was subsequently commissioned
captain in the provisional army of
the confederate states and was as
signed to general staff duty.
At the close Of the war he return
ed to the study Of law and was adj
mitted to the bar in 1866. He began
% practice in Macon, Ga, both in
the state and the federal courts and
devoted his whole energy to the de-
velopment of his steadily increasing
law practice until political duties
made more imperative demands upon
his attention. It was not long after
his admission to the bar that he drift
ed into politics. Upon several Occa-
sions he was elected delegate to state
democratic conventions and his in
fluence and prominence in politi,ll
matters in his state increased stnadi-
~ from year to year. He was elected
president of the state democratic
convention of 1880, and was a dele
gate from the state at. large to the
national democratic convention in
Chicago in 1884.
AS carly as 1868 Mr.. Bacon wa el.
ected preside initial elector oil the Sey-
mour and Blair ticket. Three Yeas
late: he was elected to IT,. &c r.ia
house If nr.csentatives, u: the dem
ocrat;c ticket. He served IS member
of thai body l'r fourteen wears with
great ability ard soon becan:e Ire oc-
knowledged leader of his patty in the
legislature. During two years of his
term Mr.. Bacon was speaker pro TEN
pore and during eight years speaker
OF the lower house of the legislature,
During all that time he was PRACTICAL
gly in control Of his party in the
state.
Several times he was a candidate
for the democratic nomination FOR
governor of Georgia and at the state
democratic convention Of 1883 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 ac-
lively engaged in politics Mr.. Bacon
devoted, himself to his large law prac
tice, which, in the course Of years,
made him independently rich. SHe al
ways took great interest in education
al matters, frequently appeared as
speaker before educational bodies and
served for many years as one Of the
trustees of the University Of Geor-
gia. fa
When Alfred H. Colquitt, United
States senator from Georgia, died in
March 1894, Mr.. Bacon was strongly
considered as an available candidate
for the succession. Although Patrick
Walsh from Augusta was selected to
fill the unexpired term Of the late
Senator Colquitt Mr.. Bacon was elect
ed United States senator for the
full term beginning with 1895. He
was reelected in 1900 and 1907 and
his present term would nave expires
on March 4, 1913. Senator Bacon
was not a brilliant orator, but a man
of sound Judgment and considerable
ability and did valuable services as
tees.
In 1864 he married Miss Virginia,
daughter Of John Lamar, who bore
him two sons and two daughters.