Ichabod Bartlett

Ichabod Bartlett

Ichabod Bartlett (born July 24, 1786 in Salisbury , Merrimack County , New Hampshire , †  October 19, 1853 in Portsmouth , New Hampshire) was an American politician . Between 1823 and 1829 he represented the state of New Hampshire in the US House of Representatives .

Career

After a good primary education, Ichabod Bartlett attended Dartmouth College in Hanover until 1808 . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1811, he began his new profession in Durham , Strafford County . In 1816 he moved his residence and office to Portsmouth. In 1817 and 1818 he was employed in the administration of the State Senate . Between 1819 and 1821 he was a district attorney in Rockingham County .

Bartlett was originally a member of the Democratic Republican Party . After this disbanded in the 1820s, he joined the group around John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay , which later became the National Republican Party . Between 1819 and 1821 he was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives , serving as its speaker in 1821. In the 1822 congressional elections, which were held nationwide, Bartlett was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC for the first New Hampshire seat. There he took over from Josiah Butler on March 4, 1823 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1829 . From 1825 onwards, violent political clashes broke out between the National Republicans and the supporters of Andrew Jackson , which were soon to establish themselves as the Democratic Party .

Between 1830 and 1852 Bartlett was a member of the House of Representatives in his state on several occasions. In the years 1831 and 1832 he ran unsuccessfully for the office of governor of New Hampshire; in both cases he was defeated by Samuel Dinsmoor . In 1850 Bartlett was a member of an assembly to revise the state constitution. He died in Portsmouth on October 19, 1853.

Web links

• Ichabod Bartlett in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Ichabod Bartlett in the database of Find a Grave (English)