Thomas Rutherford Bacon
| Thomas Rutherford Bacon | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Thomas Rutherford Bacon June 26, 1850 New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | March 26, 1913 (aged 62) Berkeley, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Yale University |
| Occupation | Minister, Professor |
| Employer |
Congregationalist Church University of California (1888-1913) |
| Known for |
Mugwump United States presidential election of 1884 |
| Political party | Democrat |
| Parent(s) | Leonard Bacon |
| Relatives |
Leonard Woolsey Bacon Edward Woolsey Bacon George B. Bacon |
Thomas Rutherford Bacon (June 26, 1850 in New Haven, Connecticut – March 26, 1913 in Berkeley, California) was an American Congregational clergyman and leading Mugwump. In the wake of the presidential election of 1884, he relocated to the West Coast, where he became a professor of history at the University of California.
Thomas Rutherford Bacon came from a family of preachers: he was the son of Leonard Bacon and the brother of Leonard Woolsey Bacon,Edward Woolsey Bacon (of New London, Connecticut), and George B. Bacon, all Congregational preachers.
Bacon graduated from Yale Divinity School in 1877. At Yale, he was the editor of the Yale Banner and contributed to The Yale Record. At the time, The Yale Record was edited by Walker Blaine, son of Republican James G. Blaine.
He was a minister for three years at the Dwight Place Church in New Haven, Connecticut. On July 4, 1884, he delivered an oration on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of the town.
The New York Times praised Bacon for his integrity and "manliness," and called him "the original mugwump of Connecticut." The "Mugwumps" were Republican political activists who left the United States Republican Party to support Democratic candidate Grover Cleveland in the United States presidential election of 1884. During the Third Party System, party loyalty was held in high regard and independents were rare.
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