Robert Low Bacon (July 23, 1884 – September 12, 1938) was an American politician, a banker and military officer.

Born in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, the son of Martha Waldron Cowdin and future Secretary of State Robert Bacon, he received a common school education as a child.

He entered Congress as a “wet”, someone who did not support prohibition[3][4] while still continuing his military career in the Officers' Reserve Corps during his years in the House of Representatives.

That year, he faced Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney another wealthy member of Long Island society in a race that pitted Bacon against the landslide victory of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Bacon introduced similar legislation for many years and succeeded in securing passage after workings on depression-era federal spending projects found that jobs were going to cheaper workers from other areas.