Bailey Bartlett

Bailey Bartlett (born January 29, 1750 in Haverhill , Essex County , Province of Massachusetts Bay , †  September 9, 1830 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1797 and 1801 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Bailey Bartlett attended the public schools in his home country and then worked in commerce until 1789. Between 1781 and 1784 and in 1788 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Massachusetts . In 1788 he was a delegate to the assembly that ratified the United States Constitution for the state of Massachusetts ; In 1789 he was a member of the State Senate . In the same year he was named High Sheriff Chief of Police in Essex County. He held this office until December 5, 1811, including during his time as a congressman. Politically, he became a member of the Federalist Party founded by Alexander Hamilton in the late 1790s .

After the resignation of MP Theophilus Bradbury , Bartlett was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives at the due by-election for the eleventh seat of Massachusetts, where he took up his new mandate on November 27, 1797. After being re-elected, he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1801 . During this time, the new federal capital Washington, DC was moved. In 1800 he renounced another candidacy.

In 1812 Bartlett became a chamberlain in Essex County. From June 20, 1812, he again served as police chief in this district. He held this post until his death. In 1820 he was a delegate to the Assembly to Adapt the Constitution of Massachusetts after the breakaway of the northern provinces that now formed the new state of Maine . He died on September 9, 1830 in his hometown of Haverhill.

Web links

• Bailey Bartlett in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Bailey Bartlett in the database of Find a Grave (English)