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Franklin Bartlett (September 10, 1847 – April 23, 1909) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1893 to 1897.

Biography

Bartlett was born in Uxbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts, the son of William Osborne and Agnes Fredericka Herreshoff Willard Bartlett. He graduated from the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, Harvard University, and Columbia Law School. He also attended Exeter College (Oxford University, England). He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon. He married Bertha King Post on June 4, 1872, and they had one daughter Bertha King Bartlett.

Career

Bartlett served as a member of the constitutional commission of the State of New York in 1890. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1892.

Congress

Bartlett was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth Congresses, and served from March 4, 1893, to March 3, 1897.[1] He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1896 to the fifty-fifth Congress.

Spanish-American War

During the war with Spain in 1898, Bartlett served as colonel of volunteers. He was a member of the Sons of the Revolution and the Society of Colonial Wars.

Death

Bartlett died of a kidney disorder in Manhattan, New York County, New York, on April 23, 1909. He is interred at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York. His brother was Chief Judge Willard Bartlett.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Franklin Bartlett". Govtrack US Congress. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Franklin Bartlett". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 24 July 2013.

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 7th congressional district

1893–1897
Succeeded by