John L. Bacon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American mayor
Date of Birth: 03-Nov-1878
Place of Birth: Illinois, United States
Date of Death: 25-Apr-1961
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About John L. Bacon
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- Bacon (November 3, 1878 – April 25, 1961) was a civil engineer and Republican politician from California. Bacon was born in 1878 in Illinois.
- By 1914, he was in San Diego, when he was on a Panama-California Exposition committee.
- He was a structural engineer and helped lay out the aquatic features of the San Diego Zoo. Bacon was elected mayor of San Diego, serving from 1921 to 1927.
- An important issue of the day was the construction of water projects to enable San Diego to grow and prosper.
- After problems with water development, and as property valuations (and therefore taxes) increased, confidence in Bacon declined enough that in 1928 Bacon declined to seek re-election. During and after his term as mayor, Bacon was president of Boulder Dam Association, a group that promoted funding for the construction of Hoover Dam, and was seeking a share of Colorado River water for use by Southern California cities. Bacon died in 1961 in the city of San Diego.
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