Died 1919-05-29.
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Robert Bacon
Robert Bacon was an American athlete, banker, businessman, statesman, diplomat and Republican Party politician who served as the 39th United States Secretary of State in the Theodore Roosevelt administration from January to March 1909. He also served as Assistant Secretary of State from 1905 to 1909 and Ambassador to France from 1909 to 1912.
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Born 5 July 1860 · Died 29 May 1919 · Q445372
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1919· 2 entries
From blood poisoning after undergoing surgery on his mastoiditis
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1918· 1 entry
And served as chief of the American military mission at British General Headquarters working with the British commander, Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, commanding the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) on the Western Fro
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1917· 1 entry
And served under General John Pershing in France
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1916· 1 entry
Narrowly lost the Republican primary for United States Senator from New York to William M
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1912· 1 entry
Upon his election as a Fellow of Harvard University
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1909· 2 entries
Career landmark: United States Secretary of State (1909–1909).
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Career landmark: United States Ambassador to France (1909–1912).
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1906· 1 entry
Establishing the Provisional Government of Cuba by the United States and proclaiming himself Provisional Governor
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1905· 2 entries
Bacon accepted an appointment from President Theodore Roosevelt, his former Harvard classmate, to serve as United States Assistant Secretary of State
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Career landmark: United States Assistant Secretary of State (1905–1909).
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1901· 2 entries
Bacon oversaw the consolidation of Morgan's vast railroad interests with those of James J
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For $487 million, an unheard-of sum for the time
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1898· 1 entry
Bacon took on the firm's work for the newly formed Federal Steel Corporation, a steel conglomerate with over $100 million (approximately $3,209,207,161
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1895· 1 entry
And Morgan met with President Grover Cleveland at the White House, where Morgan urged the private sale of government bonds in exchange for gold to an international syndicate represented by J
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1894· 1 entry
Bacon accepted an offer to become a partner in J
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1883· 1 entry
Accepted an offer to join the firm of E
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1860· 2 entries
In Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, and raised in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Boston
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Born 1860-07-05.
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