[4] He was admitted to the bar in 1827 and in 1828 opened law offices in Rochester, New York.

[2] Bacon served as a prosecutor and a probate judge of Berrien County from 1833-1855.

[3] In 1851, Nathaniel Bacon ran for attorney general of Michigan on the Whig ticket[5] but lost to William Hale.

[6] In 1855, Bacon was appointed as judge of the Circuit Court of the Second Circuit by Governor Bingham to replace Charles W. Whipple, which also made him part of the Michigan Supreme Court.

[2] In 1857, elections were held for a new separate Supreme Court, but Bacon did not run.