Robert Bacon
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About
Massachusetts-born diplomat who served as United States Secretary of State for five months in 1909. He had previously served as Assistant Secretary of State (from 1905 to 1909).
Before Fame
He graduated from Harvard University and entered the business world, working for J.P Morgan from 1894 to 1903.
Trivia
After serving as Secretary of State, he became the United States Ambassador to France.
Family Life
He married Martha Waldron Cowdin in 1883; they had four children together.
Associated With
He served under the presidential administration of his Harvard University friend, Theodore Roosevelt.
