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John E. Bacon (South Carolina politician)
American lawyer, politician, diplomat and judge From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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John Edmund Bacon (1830 – 1897) was an American lawyer, politician, diplomat and judge, from South Carolina, in the late 19th century. He also acted as charge d'affairs (1885–1888) and minister-resident (1888) of the U.S.to Uruguay and Paraguay.
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Life and career
Bacon was a member of South Carolina's provisional congress in 1862,[1] served the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, and was a diplomat in South America.
He married Rebecca Calhoun Pickens while serving as Secretary of the American Legation in St. Petersburg, Russia.[2][3]
He served in the Confederate Army.[2] After the Civil War they resided in Columbia, South Carolina.[2]
He served as an American diplomat in Paraguay[4] and Uruguay.[2][5] His wife's letters from Montevideo were published in the Home Journal.
He paid tribute to John Parsons Carroll, his former law partner.[6]
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