Ezekiel Bacon (September 1, 1776 - October 18, 1870) was an early American statesman. Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle. Year 1776 ( MDCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1009 - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
Bacon was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and attended what was then Yale College, graduating in 1794. Yale College was the official name of Yale University from 1718 to 1887 He studied law in the Litchfield, Connecticut's law school and then began his practice in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. In this state he spent the early part of his political career: as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1805-1806, elected as a Democratic-Republican member to the United States House of Representatives to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Barnabas Bidwell and served from 16 September 1807 to 3 March 1813. The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the Lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. Barnabas Bidwell ( August 23, 1763 &ndash July 27, 1833) was a dual Canadian and American politician of the 19th Century Events 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers Year 1807 ( MDCCCVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Year 1813 ( MDCCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
Later, he would relocate to New York, where he served as Associate Justice of Oneida County's Common Pleas Court in 1818, and was later elected to the state assembly in 1819. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Oneida County is a County located in the US state of New York. The New York State Assembly is the Lower house of the New York Legislature, the state legislature of the U
He was a son of John Bacon and the father of William Johnson Bacon. John Bacon ( November 24, 1740 &ndash August 4, 1799) was a British sculptor. Userpolbot from http//bioguidecongressgov/scripts/biodisplaypl?index=B000020 He attended the Litchfield Law School and afterwards studied with Nathan Dane in Beverly; was admitted to the bar in 1800 and commenced practice in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Stockbridge is a town in Berkshire County in Western Massachusetts.
He was the chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means (Twelfth Congress). Committee of Ways and Means is the chief Tax -writing committee of the United States House of Representatives. He was a chief justice of the court of common pleas for the western district of Massachusetts 1811-1814; First Comptroller of the United States Treasury from February 11, 1814, to February 28, 1815, when he resigned; moved to Utica, Oneida County, N. The United States Department of the Treasury is a Cabinet department and the Treasury of the United States government. Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. Year 1814 ( MDCCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 202 BC - coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty 's rule Year 1815 ( MDCCCXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Y. , in 1816; appointed associate justice of the court of common pleas in 1818; member of the State assembly in 1819; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1821; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1824 to the Nineteenth Congress; at time of his death he was the oldest surviving Member of Congress and the last representative of the administration of President Madison; died in Utica, N. Y. , October 18, 1870; interment in Forest Hill Cemetery. Forest Hill Cemetery is a Cemetery in Utica New York. Notable burials Ezekiel Bacon (1776-1870 represented Massachusetts's
References
- Barlow, William, and David O. Powell. “Congressman Ezekiel Bacon of Massachusetts and the Coming of the War of 1812. ” Historical Journal of Western Massachusetts 6 (Spring 1978): 28-41.
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