Ezekiel Bacon

Ezekiel Bacon

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 12th district
In office November 2, 1807 – March 3, 1813
Preceded by	Barnabas Bidwell
Succeeded by	Daniel Dewey
Personal details
Born	(1776-09-01)September 1, 1776 Boston, Massachusetts
Died	October 18, 1870(1870-10-18) (aged 94) Utica, New York
Resting place	Forest Hill Cemetery
Political party	Democratic-Republican
Alma mater	Yale College Litchfield Law School
Profession	Lawyer

Ezekiel Bacon (September 1, 1776 – October 18, 1870) was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts and New York.

Life

He was a son of John Bacon and Elizabeth (Goldthwaite) Bacon^[1] He graduated from Yale College in 1794. Then he attended Litchfield Law School and studied law with Nathan Dane in Beverly, Massachusetts. He was admitted to the bar in 1800 and commenced practice in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1805 to 1806.

Bacon was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the 10th United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Barnabas Bidwell and took his seat on November 2, 1807. He was re-elected to the 11th and 12th United States Congresses, holding office until March 3, 1813. He was the Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means (12th Congress).

He was Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for the Western District of Massachusetts from 1811 to 1814, and Comptroller of the U.S. Treasury from 1814 to 1815.

In 1816, he removed to Utica, New York, and was appointed an associate judge of the Oneida County Court in 1818. He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1819, and a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1821. In 1826, he ran again for Congress, but was defeated by the incumbent Henry R. Storrs.

At time of his death he was the oldest surviving Member of Congress and the last representative of the administration of President James Madison. He was buried at the Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica.

Judge and Congressman William J. Bacon was his son.

Notes

↑ New England Historic Genealogical Society (1905), Memorial biographies of the New England Historic Genealogical Society. Vol. 6, Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, p. 401.

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.

United States Congress. "Ezekiel Bacon (id: B000015)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

External links

Ezekiel Bacon at Find a Grave

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Barnabas Bidwell	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 12th congressional district 1807–1813	Succeeded by Daniel Dewey

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 38308040 LCCN: n84024572 US Congress: B000015

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts

1st district	F Ames Dexter Goodhue Holten Sedgwick Skinner Sedgwick J Bacon Eustis Quincy Ward Jr. Mason Gorham Webster Gorham N Appleton Gorham A Lawrence Fletcher A Lawrence Winthrop N Appleton Winthrop S Eliot W Appleton Scudder TD Eliot Hall TD Eliot Buffington Crapo R Davis Randall Wright G Lawrence Treadway Heselton Conte Olver Neal

2nd district	Goodhue Foster W Lyman Sedgwick Ward Sr. W Lyman Shepard J Crowninshield Story Pickman W Reed Pickering Silsbee Barstow B Crowninshield Choate Phillips Saltonstall D King Rantoul Fay Crocker Buffington O Ames Harris Long E Morse Gillett Churchill Bowles Kaynor Granfield Clason Furcolo Boland Neal McGovern

3rd district	Gerry Bourne Coffin Lyman Mattoon Cutler Nelson Livermore White Pickering Nelson Varnum Nelson Osgood Cushing A Abbott Duncan Edmands Damrell C Adams Thomas A Rice Twichell Whiting I Pierce Field B Dean Field Ranney L Morse J Andrew Walker JR Thayer R Hoar C Washburn JA Thayer Wilder Paige F Foss Casey Philbin Drinan Donohue Early Blute McGovern N Tsongas

4th district	Sedgwick Dearborn Thatcher Wadsworth Foster L Lincoln Sr. Hastings Varnum W Richardson Dana Stearns Fuller E Everett Sa Hoar Parmenter Thompson Palfrey Thompson Sabine Walley Comins A Rice Hooper Frost J Abbott L Morse Collins O'Neil Apsley Weymouth Tirrell Mitchell Wilder Winslow Stobbs P Holmes Donohue Drinan Frank Kennedy III

5th district	Partridge Bourne Freeman L Williams T Dwight Ely Mills Lathrop Sibley J Davis L Lincoln Jr. Hudson C Allen W Appleton Burlingame W Appleton Hooper Alley Butler Gooch Banks Bowman L Morse Hayden Banks Sh Hoar Stevens Knox B Ames J Rogers E Rogers B Morse Cronin P Tsongas Shannon Atkins Meehan N Tsongas Markey Clark

6th district	Thatcher Leonard J Reed Sr. J Smith Taggart S Allen Locke Kendall Grennell Alvord Baker Ashmun G Davis Upham T Davis Alley Gooch Banks Butler Thompson Loring Stone Lovering Lodge Cogswell Moody Gardner Lufkin A Andrew G Bates W Bates Harrington Mavroules Torkildsen Tierney Moulton

7th district	Leonard Ward Sr. Leonard Bullock Bishop Mitchell Barker Baylies Turner Baylies Hulbert Shaw H Dwight S Allen Grennell Briggs J Rockwell Goodrich Banks Gooch Boutwell Brooks Esty E Hoar Tarbox Butler W Russell Stone Cogswell W Everett Barrett Roberts Phelan Maloney W Connery L Connery Lane Macdonald Markey Capuano

8th district	Grout Thatcher F Ames Otis Eustis L Williams Green Gardner Green J Reed Jr. Baylies Sampson Hobart Lathrop Bates Calhoun J Adams Mann Wentworth Knapp Train Baldwin G Hoar JMS Williams Warren Claflin Candler W Russell CH Allen Greenhalge Stevens McCall Deitrick Dallinger H Thayer Dallinger Healey Goodwin Macdonald O'Neill Kennedy II Capuano Lynch

9th district	Varnum Bishop J Dean Wheaton J Reed Jr. Folger J Reed Jr. H Dwight Briggs Jackson Hastings H Williams Hale Fowler Little Dewitt E Thayer Bailey A Walker W Washburn Crocker G Hoar W Rice T Lyman Ely Burnett Candler G Williams O'Neil Fitzgerald Conry Keliher Murray Roberts Fuller Underhill Luce R Russell Luce TH Eliot Gifford Nicholson Keith McCormack Hicks Moakley Lynch Keating

10th district	Goodhue Sewall Read Hastings Upham J Allen Brigham Wheaton Morton F Baylies Bailey HAS Dearborn W Baylies Borden H Williams Borden Burnell Grinnell Scudder Dickinson Chaffee Delano Dawes Crocker Stevens Seelye Norcross W Rice JE Russell J Walker McEttrick Atwood Barrows Naphen McNary O'Connell Curley Murray Tague Fitzgerald Tague Douglass Tinkham Herter Curtis Martin Heckler Studds Delahunt Keating

11th district	Bradbury Bartlett Cutler Stedman A Bigelow Brigham B Adams J Russell Hobart J Richardson J Adams J Reed Jr. Burnell Goodrich Trafton Dawes Chapin Robinson Whiting II Wallace Coolidge Draper Sprague Powers Sullivan Peters Tinkham Douglass Higgins Flaherty Curley Kennedy O'Neill Burke Donnelly

12th district	Dearborn I Parker Lee S Thatcher Skinner Larned Bidwell Bacon Dewey Hulbert Strong Kendall L Bigelow Baylies Hodges J Adams Robinson F Rockwell Crosby E Morse Lovering Powers Weeks Curley Gallivan McCormack Keith Studds

13th district	Wadsworth Seaver Ruggles Dowse Eustis J Reed Jr. Randall Simpkins Greene Weeks Mitchell Carter Luce Wigglesworth Burke

14th district	G Thatcher Cutts C King J Holmes Lovering E Foss Harris Gilmore Olney Frothingham Wigglesworth Martin

15th district	Wadsworth Ilsley Whitman Widgery Bradbury Whitman Greene Leach Martin Gifford

16th district	S Thatcher Cook Tallman S Davis Brown Orr Hill T Thacher Walsh Gifford

17th district	Bruce Chandler Gannett F Carr Wood J Carr Wilson Kinsley

18th district	Wilson T Rice J Parker

19th district	J Parker Conner Gage Cushman

20th district	Hubbard Parris E Lincoln

At-large	Cobb

Chairmen of the United States House Committee on Ways and Means

Fitzsimons W. Smith Harper Griswold Randolph Clay G. Campbell Eppes Bacon Cheves Eppes Lowndes S. Smith McLane Randolph McDuffie Verplanck Polk Cambreleng J. W. Jones Fillmore McKay Vinton Bayly Houston L. Campbell J. G. Jones Phelps Sherman Stevens Morrill Schenck Hooper Dawes Morrison Wood Tucker Kelley Morrison R. Mills McKinley Springer Wilson Dingley Payne Underwood Kitchin Fordney Green Hawley Collier Doughton Knutson Doughton Reed Cooper W. Mills Ullman Rostenkowski Gibbons Archer Thomas Rangel Levin Camp Ryan Johnson Brady

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