Charles Lafayette Bartlett

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Charles Lafayette Bartlett

Charles Lafayette Bartlett (born January 31, 1853 in Monticello , Jasper County , Georgia , †  April 21, 1938 in Macon , Georgia) was an American politician . Between 1895 and 1915 he represented the state of Georgia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Charles Bartlett attended private schools in his hometown of Monticello and then studied at the University of Georgia in Athens until 1870 . After studying law at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and at the University of Georgia, as well as being admitted to the bar in 1872, he began working in his new profession in Monticello. In 1875 he moved his residence and law firm to Macon. Between 1877 and 1881 he worked there as a public prosecutor.

Politically, Bartlett was a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1882 and 1885 he was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives . From 1887 to 1892, Bartlett was the legal representative for the City of Macon. He was a member of the Georgia Senate from 1888 to 1889 . Between 1892 and 1894, Bartlett served as a judge on the Macon Superior Court .

In the congressional elections of 1894 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the sixth constituency of Georgia , where he succeeded Thomas Banks Cabaniss on March 4, 1895 . After nine re-elections, he was able to complete ten legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1915 . During this time the Spanish-American War of 1898 fell . At that time the Philippines and Hawaii came under American administration. In 1913, the 16th and 17th amendments to the Constitution were passed in Congress.

In 1914 Charles Bartlett renounced another candidacy for Congress. In 1916 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in St. Louis , on which President Woodrow Wilson was nominated for re-election. In the following years Bartlett practiced again as a lawyer; he was also active in the banking industry. He died in Macon on April 21, 1938.

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SURNAME Bartlett, Charles Lafayette
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 31, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH Monticello , Georgia
DATE OF DEATH April 21, 1938
Place of death Macon , Georgia