Gaspar G. Bacon
Gaspar Griswold Bacon | |
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51st Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts | |
In office 1933–1935 | |
Governor | Joseph B. Ely[1] |
Preceded by | William S. Youngman |
Succeeded by | Joseph L. Hurley |
President of the Massachusetts Senate[2] | |
In office 1929[2]–1932[2] | |
Preceded by | Wellington Wells |
Succeeded by | Erland F. Fish |
Member of the Massachusetts Senate Sixth Suffolk Senate District | |
In office 1925[2]–1932[2] | |
Personal details | |
Born | March 7, 1886[2] Jamaica Plain, Boston |
Died | December 25, 1947 Dedham, Massachusetts | (aged 61)
Political party | Republican[3] |
Spouse(s) |
Priscilla Tolland
(m. 1910; "his death" is deprecated; use "died" instead. 1947) |
Children | Gaspar G. Bacon, Jr. |
Parent | Robert Bacon |
Relatives | Robert Low Bacon, brother |
Residence(s) | 222 Prince Street, Boston (Jamaica Plain), Massachusetts[3] |
Profession | Lawyer[3] |
Gaspar Griswold Bacon, Sr. (March 7, 1886 – December 25, 1947) served on the board of overseers of Harvard University, he was the President of the Massachusetts Senate[3] from 1929 to 1932.[2] and the 51st lieutenant governor of Massachusetts[1] from 1933[2] to 1935.
Biography
Bacon was born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, on March 7, 1886, to Robert Bacon.[2] Bacon had a brother, Robert L. Bacon.[4]
Bacon received his undergraduate degree from Harvard College in 1908;[3] he then went on to earn his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1912.[3][5]
In 1912, Bacon actively campaigned for Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Party. He was involved in the founding of the Military School at Harvard College in 1919. He was also a lecturer on the staff of Boston University in the late 1920s.
In 1920, he was a supporter of Leonard Wood's campaign for the Republican nomination for president and was a delegate to the Republican National Convention that year. Bacon served in the Massachusetts State Senate in from 1925 to 1932.[6] From 1933 to 1934, he was Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts.[6]
Bacon was in American forces sent to Mexico under General Pershing in 1916. Bacon was in the Field Artillery Officers' Reserve Corps, where he served as a captain and major during World War I.[7][6]
During World War II, Bacon was a lieutenant colonel on General George Patton's staff, where he served for three years and ten months, in the G5, as the chief of the Government Affairs Branch.[7]
Bacon died on Christmas Day, December 25, 1947, in Dedham, Massachusetts.[4][6] His funeral was held at St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church.[8] He was buried in Walnut Hills Cemetery in Brookline, Massachusetts.
Awards
- Croix de Guerre[6]
- Legion of Honor[6]
Family life
Bacon married Priscilla Tolland on July 16, 1910, in St. Thomas' Church in Whitemarsh, Pennsylvania.[9] Bacon and his wife were the parents of three sons. One of Bacon's sons was the actor Gaspar G. Bacon, Jr., better known as David Bacon.[10][11]
See also
Publications
- Bacon, Gaspar G. The Constitution of the United States in Some of Its Fundamental Aspects. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1928. OCLC 1201082
- Bacon, Gaspar G. The Founding of the Town of Barnstable, Commonwealth of Massachusetts: 1639–1939, Tercentenary Address. Barnstable, MA: [publisher not identified], 1939. OCLC 828629383
- Bacon, Gaspar G. Political Parties in the United States: Empty Bottles or Flowing Streams. Boston, Mass. : [publisher not identified], 1940. OCLC 958275937
- Bacon, Gaspar G., and Wendell Dearborn Howie. One by One. Cambridge, Massachusetts: [Harvard University Print. Office], 1943. OCLC 1446768
References
- ^ a b Howard, Richard T. (1933), Public Officials of Massachusetts (1933–1934), Boston, MA: The Boston Review, p. 22.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Howard, Richard T. (1933), Public Officials of Massachusetts (1933–1934), Boston, MA: The Boston Review, p. 23.
- ^ a b c d e f Howard, Richard T. (1931), Public Officials of Massachusetts (1931–1932), Boston, MA: The Boston Review, p. 38.
- ^ a b Parkman Dexter Howe (1947). "Gaspar Griswold Bacon". Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Third Series. 69. JSTOR 25080427.
- ^ "Jamaica Plain Historical Society – 'People' Editor – – Gaspar Griswold Bacon".
- ^ a b c d e f Marquis Who's Who, Inc. Who Was Who in American History, the Military. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1975. P. 22 ISBN 0837932017 OCLC 657162692
- ^ a b Lyons, Louis M. (June 11, 1945), The Germans in This City Look Pretty Peaked to Me, Boston, Massachusetts: The Boston Globe, retrieved October 19, 2015
- ^ "Gaspar G. Bacon Funeral. Massachusetts Officials and Educators Attend Service". New York Times. United Press. December 28, 1947.
- ^ Lichtblau, Eric (July 17, 1910). "Gaspar Bacon Weds. Ambassador's Son Married to Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E.D. Toland" (PDF). The New York Times. p. 9. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
- ^ "Gaspar Bacon Jr. Will Lead the Cast of the Hasty Pudding Club in Philadelphia". New York Times. February 28, 1937.
- ^ "D.G. Bacon Is Slain As In Movie Roles. Identity Of The Killer, Reported With Him In Car, And Motive Mystify Los Angeles Police". New York Times. September 14, 1943.
- 1886 births
- 1947 deaths
- Harvard Law School alumni
- Massachusetts lawyers
- Lieutenant Governors of Massachusetts
- Massachusetts state senators
- Presidents of the Massachusetts Senate
- Boston University faculty
- Massachusetts Republicans
- Massachusetts Progressives (1912)
- American army personnel of World War II
- Lawyers from Boston
- American army personnel of World War I
- Harvard College alumni
- People from Jamaica Plain