David Bartlett (politician, 1855)

David Bartlett (born October 23, 1855 in Maine , †  October 16, 1913 in Newton , Massachusetts ) was an American politician . Between 1901 and 1907 he was lieutenant governor of the state of North Dakota .

Career

David Bartlett attended the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor until 1876 . After studying law at the same university and being admitted to the bar in 1877, he began to work in this profession. In 1880 he first went to Colorado before he settled in Cooperstown in what is now North Dakota in 1883 . In the meantime he returned to Colorado. From 1887 he lived permanently in Cooperstown, where he practiced as a lawyer and worked in the real estate industry. He became president of the first baseball club and a member of the first commercial club in his new home. He was also a member of the North Dakota Railroad Committee. For 15 years he sat on the Cooperstown School Board. In the meantime he was also mayor of this community.

Politically, Bartlett joined the Republican Party . In 1889 he took part as a delegate to the constituent assembly of the future state of North Dakota. In 1900 he was elected Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota, alongside Frank White . He held this office after two re-elections between 1901 and 1907. He was Deputy Governor and Chairman of the State Senate . From 1905 he served under the new governor Elmore Y. Sarles . In 1901 he was a member of his state's commission for the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo . Two years later he was also a member of the North Dakota Commission at the Centenary Exhibition in St. Louis . In 1912 he suffered paralysis. In 1913 he went to Newton, Massachusetts for medical treatment. He died there on October 16 of that year.

Web links

• David Bartlett at The Political Graveyard
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