John Bacon
Democratic Republican Representative of Massachusetts's 1st district
Representative
Massachusetts, district 1
December 7, 1801 - March 3, 1803
1
Congresses Served
1
House Terms
April 5, 1738 (82 years old)
Birthday
October 25, 1820
Death
- Served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts.
- Born in Canterbury, Connecticut Colony, and graduated from Princeton College.
- Initially worked as a preacher before transitioning to a political career.
- Held various judicial and legislative positions, including Magistrate, Associate and Presiding Judge of the Common Pleas, and President of the State Senate.
- Was a charter member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
- Faced challenges in his early preaching career, leading to his dismissal from the Old South Church in Boston.
- Married Elizabeth Goldthwaite, a widow and daughter of a prominent local figure.
- Died in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, and is buried in Stockbridge Cemetery.