Thomas Bartlett

Thomas Bartlett

Thomas Bartlett Jr. (born June 18, 1808 in Sutton , Vermont , † September 12, 1876 in Lyndon , Vermont) was an American politician . Between 1851 and 1853 he represented the fourth constituency of the state of Vermont in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Thomas Bartlett attended public schools in his home country. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1833, he began to work in this profession in Groton . In 1836 he moved his residence and law firm to Lyndon. Between 1839 and 1842 he was a district attorney in Caledonia County .

Bartlett was a member of the Democratic Party . From 1841 to 1842 he was a member of the Vermont Senate ; between 1849 and 1855 he was a member of the State House of Representatives on several occasions . In 1850 and 1857 he was a delegate to meetings to revise the Vermont Constitution . In 1850 Bartlett was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fourth district of the state , where he succeeded Lucius Benedict Peck on March 4, 1851 . Until March 3, 1853, he could only remain in Congress for one legislative period. During this time he was chairman of the committee for the management of public buildings. Bartlett was the last Congressman of the fourth district of Vermont to be dissolved in 1852. An attempt to run for office in another district in the same year was unsuccessful.

After his time in Congress, Thomas Bartlett returned to practice as a lawyer. He died in Lyndon in September 1876 and was buried there.

Web links

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

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