Edward Theodore Bartlett (June 14, 1841 - May 3, 1910) was an American lawyer and politician from New York

New York

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Biography

He was born on June 14, 1841 in Skaneateles, New York

Skaneateles (village), New York

Skaneateles is a village in the town of Skaneateles, Onondaga County, New York, United States. The village is named from and located on the shores of Skaneateles Lake, one of the Finger Lakes. The village, as of the 2000 census, has a population of 2,616 residents. The main highway through the...

 to Levi Bartlett. His father moved in 1831 from Haverhill, New Hampshire

Haverhill, New Hampshire

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, to Skaneateles, and practiced medicine there.

Edward T. Bartlett was admitted to the New York Bar Association in 1862, and commenced practice in Syracuse, New York

Syracuse, New York

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, but removed to New York City

New York City

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 in 1868.

In 1891, he ran for the New York Supreme Court

New York Supreme Court

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 but was defeated. In 1893

New York state election, 1893

The 1893 New York state election was held on November 7, 1893, to elect the Secretary of State, the State Comptroller, the Attorney General, the State Treasurer, the State Engineer and a judge of the New York Court of Appeals, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York...

, he was elected on the Republican ticket to the New York Court of Appeals

New York Court of Appeals

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. He was re-elected in 1907

New York state election, 1907

The 1907 New York state election was held on November 5, 1907, to elect two judges of the New York Court of Appeals, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly.-History:...

, and died in office.

He died of heart disease at the Albany Hospital in Albany, New York

Albany, New York

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on May 3, 1910.

External links

• Court of Appeals judges at New York Court History
• CANDIDATES OF THE PARTIES in NYT on November 5, 1893
• http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bartlett.html Political Graveyard