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The first election under theSeventeenth 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.
Augustus Octavius Bacon was first elected by theGeorgia General Assembly in1894. His most recent term had ended on March 3, but the legislature had failed to elect a successor.[citation needed] TheGovernor of Georgia then appointed Bacon to begin the term starting March 4.[3]
Bacon was re-elected in this late election, running unopposed.[1][3] This was despite the General Assembly not taking action to ratify the constitutional amendment.
He would serve only until his death on February 14, 1914,[1] leading to another interim appointment and eventualspecial election.
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