Dewey F. Bartlett

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Dewey F. Bartlett

Dewey Follett Bartlett (born March 28, 1919 in Marietta , Ohio , † March 1, 1979 in Tulsa , Oklahoma ) was an American politician and the 19th  governor of Oklahoma. The Republican Bartlett also represented this state in the US Senate .

Early life

Dewey Bartlett grew both in Marietta and later in Lawrenceville ( New Jersey ), where he enjoyed the school. He graduated from Princeton University in 1942 and was sent to World War II as a soldier in 1943 . Until 1945 Bartlett was used as a dive bomber in theaters of war in the South Pacific . Shortly after the end of the war, he moved to Oklahoma, where he made a name for himself economically as a farmer and oil producer.

Political career

From 1963 to 1966, Bartlett served in the Oklahoma Senate . On January 9, 1967, he was sworn in as the 19th governor of Oklahoma after his election victory over the Democrat Preston J. Moore; he narrowly lost re-election in 1971 to David Hall . During his tenure as governor, the state's legal system was reformed. Tax reform was also carried out under Governor Bartlett in Oklahoma.

In 1972 he ran for the office of United States Senator, again winning the election against Ed Edmondson . He remained in Congress from January 3, 1973 to January 3, 1979 . During his tenure as senator, the oil crisis fell in the 1970s, during which Bartlett tried to protect gas and oil interests.

Last years

He refused to be re-elected in 1979 because he had been diagnosed with lung cancer. Two months after retiring as a senator, he died in Tulsa at the age of 59. His son, Dewey Follett Bartlett Jr., was also politically active. From 1990 to 1994 he was on the city council of Tulsa and after the death of his father took over his company, the Keener Oil and Gas Company . In 2004 he ran for the Oklahoma Senate, but was defeated by the Democrat Tom Adelson .

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