Augustus Octavius Bacon Democratic Augustus Octavius Bacon Democratic The first election under the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was a late election held on July 15, 1913.

[1][2] The election was late because two of the candidates were hospitalized due to illness and could not campaign as required.

His most recent term had ended on March 3, but the legislature had failed to elect a successor.

[citation needed] The Governor of Georgia then appointed Bacon to begin the term starting March 4.

He would serve only until his death on February 14, 1914,[1] leading to another interim appointment and eventual special election.