Franklin Bartlett | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 7th district |
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In office March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897 |
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Preceded by | Edward J. Dunphy |
Succeeded by | John H. G. Vehslage |
Personal details | |
Born |
September 10, 1847 Uxbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts |
Died |
April 23, 1909 (aged 61) Manhattan, New York County, New York |
Citizenship | United States |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Bertha King Post Bartlett |
Children | Bertha King Bartlett |
Alma mater |
Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute Harvard University Columbia College Law School Oxford University, England |
Profession | politician |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United States of America |
Rank | Colonel |
Unit | Volunteers |
Battles/wars | Spanish American War |
Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute Harvard University Columbia College Law School
Franklin Bartlett (September 10, 1847 – April 23, 1909) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from New York.
Bartlett was born in Uxbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts, the son of William Osborne and Agnes Fredericka Herreshoff Willard Bartlett. He graduated from the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, Harvard University, and Columbia College Law School. He also attended Exeter College (Oxford University, England). He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon. He married Bertha King Post on June 4, 1872, and they had one daughter Bertha King Bartlett.
Bartlett served as a member of the constitutional commission of the State of New York in 1890. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1892.
Bartlett was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth Congresses, and served from March 4, 1893 to March 3, 1897. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1896 to the fifty-fifth Congress.
During the war with Spain in 1898, Bartlett served as colonel of volunteers. He was a member of the Sons of the Revolution and the Society of Colonial Wars.