Mark R. Bacon Mark Reeves Bacon ( February 29 , 1852 – August 20 , 1941 ) was a lawyer and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan . Bacon was born in Phillipstown , Illinois and attended the public schools there . He taught school at the Academy in Bolivar , Missouri in 1871 . He studied law , was admitted to the bar on July 4 , 1876 , and commenced practice in Fairfield , Illinois . He was the city attorney of Fairfield and a delegate to several State conventions . He moved to Orlando , Florida , in 1882 and to Jacksonville , Florida , in 1886 and engaged in the abstract business . He moved to Wyandotte , Michigan , in 1895 and became associated with the Michigan Alkali Company through his marriage to Mary Ford , the grand-daughter of founder Jean Baptiste Ford ( and the daughter of Edward Ford , founder of Edward Ford Plate Glass Company , now part of Libbey-Owens-Ford ) . Bacon presented credentials as a Republican Member-elect from Michigan 's 2nd District to the United States House of Representatives for the Sixty-fifth Congress . He served from March 4 until December 13 , 1917 , when he was succeeded by Democrat Samuel W. Beakes , who successfully contested his election . He was not a candidate for renomination in 1918 , retiring to Wyandotte , Michigan . He died at his winter home in Pasadena , California and is interred San Gabriel Cemetery , San Gabriel , California . This article incorporates facts obtained from the public domain Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Categories : 1852 births | 1941 deaths | Members of the United States House of Representatives from Michigan | People from Michigan 