Robert Bacon was an American statesman and diplomat.
17 Facts About Robert Bacon
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Robert Bacon served as ambassador to France 1909 to 1912.
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Robert Bacon was a leader in the Preparedness Movement setting up training programs for would-be Soldiers before the United States entered the First World War in April 1917.
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Robert Bacon was defeated narrowly as a candidate for the United States Senate in 1916.
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Robert Bacon was commissioned as a major in the United States Army in 1917, and played a major role as Chief of the American Military Mission at British General Headquarters.
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Robert Bacon obtained the advice and consent of the Senate for the Panama Canal treaties with Colombia and Panama.
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Robert Bacon served as United States Ambassador to France from 1909 until 1912.
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Robert Bacon was supposed to return home on the RMS Titanic with his wife and daughter, but delays kept them in Paris.
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Robert Bacon was attached to the British Royal Army Medical Corps and assisted with the establishment of a typhoid hospital near Ypres.
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Robert Bacon was a staunch advocate of the United States' entry into World War I and spoke in favor of increased military preparedness via universal military service as the president of the National Security League in 1916.
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Robert Bacon criticized President Woodrow Wilson for inaction at the German invasion of Belgium and sought the Republican nomination for US Senate against William M Calder.
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Robert Bacon continued to push for a stronger national defense as well as a protective tariff that could be used for the mobilization of industry in case of war.
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Robert Bacon was named as the candidate of the American Party but withdrew on account of his pledge to Calder.
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Robert Bacon was then commissioned as a major in the United States Army in May 1917, one month after the American entry into World War I, before sailing to France as a member of the staff of Major General John J "Blackjack" Pershing, who was made commander of the American Expeditionary Forces.
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Robert Bacon was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1918 and served as chief of the American military mission at British General Headquarters working with the British commander, Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, commanding the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front.
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Robert Bacon returned to the United States in April 1919, five months after the war ended due to the Armistice with Germany on November 11,1918.
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Robert Bacon died on May 29,1919, from blood poisoning after undergoing surgery on his mastoiditis.