HALL OF THE SECRETARIES OF STATE

Robert Bacon

State of Residency:	New York
Appointment:	Jan 27, 1909
Entry on Duty:	Jan 27, 1909
Termination of Appointment:	Mar 5, 1909
Presidency:	Roosevelt

As Secretary of State

Obtained the advice and consent of the Senate to the canal treaties of 1909 with Colombia and Panama

Foreign Travels

Foreign Relations of the United States:
1909

Profile
Born: July 5, 1860
Died: May 29, 1919
Married: Martha Waldron Cowdin
Education: Harvard University
Occupation: Business

Government Positions

Assistant Secretary of State 1905-1909
Acting Secretary of State while Elihu Root was in South America in 1906
Ambassador to France 1909-1912
Commissioned a major and detailed to General Pershing's staff in 1917
Promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1918 and served as Chief of the American Military Mission at British General Headquarters

Notable Events

Started his a business career with Lee, Higginson & Company of Boston in 1881

Member of the firm of E. Rollins Morse & Brother of Boston 1883-1894

Member of the New York firm of J.P. Morgan & Company 1894-1903

Fellow of Harvard in 1912

Made a journey to South America at the request of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in 1913

Went to France in August 1914 and helped with the work of the "American Ambulance"

Previous Secretary of State: Elihu Root
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