Mark Reeves Bacon (February 29, 1852 – August 20, 1941) was a

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and

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from the

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Michigan Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...

. Bacon was born in Phillipstown, Illinois, and attended the public schools there. He taught school at the Academy in

Bolivar, Missouri Bolivar is a city and county seat of Polk County, Missouri, United States. As of a 2019 estimate by the U. S. Census Bureau, the city population was 11,067. History Bolivar began as a settlement around Keeling Spring, with the majority of settle ...

in 1871. He studied

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, was admitted to the

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on July 4, 1876, and commenced practice in

Fairfield, Illinois } Fairfield is a city in and the county seat of Wayne County, Illinois, United States, and the location of Frontier Community College. The population was 4,883 at the 2020 census. History Fairfield is most famous for being the hometown of th ...

. He was the

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of Fairfield and a delegate to several State conventions. He moved to

Orlando, Florida Orlando () is a city in the U.S. state of Florida and is the county seat of Orange County, Florida, Orange County. In Central Florida, it is the center of the Greater Orlando, Orlando metropolitan area, which had a population of 2,509,831, acco ...

, in 1882 and to

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, in 1886 and engaged in the abstract business. He moved to

Wyandotte, Michigan Wyandotte ( ) is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 25,058 at the 2020 census. Wyandotte is located in southeastern Michigan, approximately south of Detroit on the Detroit River, and it is part of the coll ...

, in 1895 and became associated with the Michigan Alkali Company through his marriage to Mary Ford, the granddaughter of founder Jean-Baptiste Ford (and the daughter of Edward Ford, founder of Edward Ford Plate Glass Company, subsequently part of Libbey-Owens Ford Glass and the

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). Bacon presented credentials as a

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Member-elect from

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to the

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for the

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. He served from March 4 until December 13, 1917, when he was succeeded by

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Samuel W. Beakes, who successfully contested the election. On April 5, 1917, he was one of the 50 representatives who voted against declaring war on Germany. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1918, retiring to

. He died at his winter home in

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, aged 89, and is interred at San Gabriel Cemetery,

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References

The Political Graveyard

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bacon, Mark 1852 births 1941 deaths American businesspeople Illinois lawyers People from Orlando, Florida People from Wyandotte, Michigan Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Michigan Members of the United States House of Representatives removed by contest