The first election under the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was a late election held on June 15, 1913.[1][2] The election was late because two of the candidates were hospitalized due to illness and could not campaign as required.
Bacon was re-elected in this late election, running unopposed.[1][3] This was despite the General Assembly not taking action to ratify the constitutional amendment.
He would serve only until his death on February 14, 1914,[1] leading to another interim appointment and eventual special election.
^ abCleveland, John Fitch; Ottarson, F. J.; Schem, Alexander Jacob; McPherson, Edward; Rhoades, Henry Eckford (1914). The Tribune Almanac and Political Register. Tribune Association. p. 458. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
