Nathaniel Bacon (1802–1869) was a member of the

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from 1855 to 1857. Bacon was born at

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. He graduated from

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in 1824. He was admitted to the

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in 1827 and in 1828 opened law offices in

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. In 1833 he moved to

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. Bacon served as a prosecutor and a probate judge before he became a Supreme Court Judge. In 1855 Bacon was appointed as judge of the second circuit, also making him part of the Michigan Supreme Court. The court was reorganized in 1858, and Bacon was retained as justice of the Second Circuit but not on the Supreme Court. He was still serving on the second circuit at the time of his death.

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Biography of Bacon
at MI Court History {{DEFAULTSORT:Bacon, Nathaniel People from Ballston Spa, New York 1802 births Union College (New York) alumni 1869 deaths Justices of the Michigan Supreme Court 19th-century American judges 19th-century American lawyers