Peter_C._Bacon
Peter C. Bacon
American lawyer
Peter Child Bacon (November 11, 1804 – February 7, 1886) was an attorney who served as the third Mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
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Peter Child Bacon | |
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3rd Mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts | |
In office April 1, 1849[1] – April 7, 1851[1] | |
Preceded by | Henry Chapin |
Succeeded by | John S.C. Knowlton |
Majority | 668[1] |
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Born | (1804-11-11)November 11, 1804[1] Dudley, Massachusetts[1] |
Died | February 7, 1886(1886-02-07) (aged 81)[1] |
Political party | Free Soil[1] |
Alma mater | Brown University; class of 1827[1] |
Profession | Attorney[1] |
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Bacon was born on November 11, 1804. He graduated from Brown University in 1827.[1][2] Bacon studied law at the New Haven Law School, and with the law firm of Davis & Allen of Worcester.[2]
In 1839, Bacon was admitted the bar at Worcester, County.[2] He practiced law for two years in Dudley, Massachusetts and twelve years in Oxford, Massachusetts after which he moved to Worcester.[2]
He was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1860.[3]
- Rice, Franklin Pierce (1899), Worcester of Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Eight: Fifty Years A City : A Graphic Representation of Its Institutions, Industries, and Leaders, Worcester, Massachusetts: F.S. Blanchard and Company, p. 23
- Davis, William Thomas (1895), Bench and bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in Two Volumes, Vol. II, Boston, MA: The Boston History Company, p. 355
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Preceded by | 3rd Mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts April 1, 1849-April 7, 1851 |
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