John H. Bartlett - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

–––John Henry Bartlett Descendant of Josiah Bartlett

Josiah Bartlett

Josiah Bartlett was an American physician and statesman, delegate to the Continental Congress for New Hampshire and signatory of the Declaration of Independence...

http://books.google.com/books?id=_rIVAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA95&ots=t7Q-wM-32Z&dq=Governor%20John%20H%20Bartlett&pg=PA95#v=onepage&q=Governo&f=false, signatory of the Declaration of Independence

Declaration of independence

A declaration of independence is an assertion of the independence of an aspiring state or states. Such places are usually declared from part or all of the territory of another nation or failed nation, or are breakaway territories from within the larger state...

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=2802, Bartlett was an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

teacher, high school principal, lawyer, author and Republican

Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

politician from Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Portsmouth is a city in Rockingham County, New Hampshire in the United States. It is the largest city but only the fourth-largest community in the county, with a population of 21,233 at the 2010 census...

. He graduated from Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...

in 1894 and served as Governor of New Hampshire

New Hampshire

New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...

from 1919–1921.

Bartlett later served as president of the United States Civil Service Commission

United States Civil Service Commission

The United States Civil Service Commission a three man commission was created by the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, which was passed into law on January 16, 1883...

and was appointed as the first United States Assistant Postmaster General

United States Postmaster General

The United States Postmaster General is the Chief Executive Officer of the United States Postal Service. The office, in one form or another, is older than both the United States Constitution and the United States Declaration of Independence...

.

In 1929 he was appointed chairman of the United States section of the International Joint Commission

International Joint Commission

The International Joint Commission is an independent binational organization established by the United States and Canada under the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909.The Commission has responsibilities related to the following treaties and agreements:...

for the United States and Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, until his retirement in 1939.

Education and personal life

John Henry Bartlett was born on March 15, 1869, in Sunapee, New Hampshire

Sunapee, New Hampshire

Sunapee is a town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 3,365 at the 2010 census. Sunapee is home to part of Lake Sunapee...

, as the second son and third child of John Z. and Sophronia (Sargent) Bartlett.http://books.google.com/books?id=M80UAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA162-IA1&lpg=PA162-IA1&dq=Governor+John+H+Bartlett+time+in+office&source=bl&ots=X_4sEH2mKk&sig=x9h4t5EOnnUo1pT3o-04gyeZisY&hl=en&ei=roj1TI_YCIaosQOwpInwAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CEAQ6AE#v=onepage&q=Governor%20John%20H%20Bartlett%20time%20in%20office&f=false Bartlett grew up in Sunapee and attended public school there through high school. Bartlett then attended Colby-Sawyer College

Colby-Sawyer College

Colby–Sawyer College is a private, comprehensive baccalaureate college situated on a campus in New London, in the Lake Sunapee region of New Hampshire, founded as a coeducational academy in 1837.- New London Academy :...

in New London, New Hampshire

New London, New Hampshire

New London is a town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 4,397 at the 2010 census.The town center, where 1,415 people resided at the 2010 census, is defined as the New London census-designated place , and is located on a hilltop along New Hampshire Route 114 north...

, at the time called Colby Academy.http://books.google.com/books?id=M80UAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA162-IA1&lpg=PA162-IA1&dq=Governor+John+H+Bartlett+time+in+office&source=bl&ots=X_4sEH2mKk&sig=x9h4t5EOnnUo1pT3o-04gyeZisY&hl=en&ei=roj1TI_YCIaosQOwpInwAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CEAQ6AE#v=onepage&q=Governor%20John%20H%20Bartlett%20time%20in%20office&f=false
From 1890 to 1894, Bartlett attended Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College

.http://books.google.com/books?id=M80UAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA162-IA1&lpg=PA162-IA1&dq=Governor+John+H+Bartlett+time+in+office&source=bl&ots=X_4sEH2mKk&sig=x9h4t5EOnnUo1pT3o-04gyeZisY&hl=en&ei=roj1TI_YCIaosQOwpInwAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CEAQ6AE#v=onepage&q=Governor%20John%20H%20Bartlett%20time%20in%20office&f=false
After graduation he became a teacher at the high school in Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Portsmouth, New Hampshire

. Bartlett taught for four years, the last two years also serving as principal to the school.http://books.google.com/books?id=M80UAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA162-IA1&lpg=PA162-IA1&dq=Governor+John+H+Bartlett+time+in+office&source=bl&ots=X_4sEH2mKk&sig=x9h4t5EOnnUo1pT3o-04gyeZisY&hl=en&ei=roj1TI_YCIaosQOwpInwAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CEAQ6AE#v=onepage&q=Governor%20John%20H%20Bartlett%20time%20in%20office&f=false

Bartlett married Agnes Page, a daughter of Judge Calvin and Arabella J. (Moran) Page in June of 1900. They had one son, Calvin Page Bartlett, born October 8, 1901.http://books.google.com/books?id=M80UAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA162-IA1&lpg=PA162-IA1&dq=Governor+John+H+Bartlett+time+in+office&source=bl&ots=X_4sEH2mKk&sig=x9h4t5EOnnUo1pT3o-04gyeZisY&hl=en&ei=roj1TI_YCIaosQOwpInwAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CEAQ6AE#v=onepage&q=Governor%20John%20H%20Bartlett%20time%20in%20office&f=false Agnes Page was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Portsmouth, New Hampshire

on August 21, 1871. They stayed married until her death on April 25, 1944.
Later that year, Bartlett remarried to Mildred C. Lawson.http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bartlett.html http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=42734959

Bartlett affiliated with the Unitarian Church

American Unitarian Association

The American Unitarian Association was a religious denomination in the United States and Canada, formed by associated Unitarian congregations in 1825. In 1961, it merged with the Universalist Church of America to form the Unitarian Universalist Association.According to Mortimer Rowe, the Secretary...

and was a Knight Templar Mason

Knights Templar

The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon , commonly known as the Knights Templar, the Order of the Temple or simply as Templars, were among the most famous of the Western Christian military orders...

of DeWitt Clinton Commandery of Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Portsmouth, New Hampshire

, and a Knight of Pythias

Knights of Pythias

The Knights of Pythias is a fraternal organization and secret society founded at Washington, DC, on 19 February 1864.The Knights of Pythias was the first fraternal organization to receive a charter under an act of the United States Congress. It was founded by Justus H. Rathbone, who had been...

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Throughout his life, he maintained an interest in education and his birthplace of Sunapee, New Hampshire

Sunapee, New Hampshire

Sunapee is a town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 3,365 at the 2010 census. Sunapee is home to part of Lake Sunapee...

. He was elected as a trustee of Colby-Sawyer College

Colby-Sawyer College

.http://books.google.com/books?id=M80UAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA162-IA1&lpg=PA162-IA1&dq=Governor+John+H+Bartlett+time+in+office&source=bl&ots=X_4sEH2mKk&sig=x9h4t5EOnnUo1pT3o-04gyeZisY&hl=en&ei=roj1TI_YCIaosQOwpInwAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CEAQ6AE#v=onepage&q=Governor%20John%20H%20Bartlett%20time%20in%20office&f=false
In 1955, three years after his death, a yearly scholarship award was established for students from Sunapee called the Governor John H. Bartlett Fund.http://www.foundation.unh.edu/list-endowed-funds
Bartlett also published several books on New England

New England

New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...

and political topics.

John Henry Bartlett died at the age of 83 on March 19, 1952, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Portsmouth, New Hampshire

, where he is buried with his late wife Agnes Page in the city's Harmony Grove Cemetery.http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=42734959

Political career

While teaching in Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Portsmouth, New Hampshire

, Bartlett studied law with Judge Calvin Page. He was admitted to the bar

Bar (law)

Bar in a legal context has three possible meanings: the division of a courtroom between its working and public areas; the process of qualifying to practice law; and the legal profession.-Courtroom division:...

in 1898, becoming an associate of Judge Page.http://books.google.com/books?id=M80UAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA162-IA1&ots=X_4sEH2mKk&dq=Governor%20John%20H%20Bartlett%20time%20in%20office&pg=PA162-IA1#v=onepage&q=Governor%20John%20H%20Bartlett%20time%20in%20office&f=false
Bartlett's most successful and important case was William Turner vs. Cocheco Manufacturing Company, in which a state law was established to furnish adequate fire escapes.http://books.google.com/books?id=uRkXAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA135&ots=XPxAqh0bJ4&dq=John%20H%20Bartlett%20election&pg=PA135#v=onepage&q=John%20&f=false

Bartlett began to take an active part in political movements and allied with the Republican Party

Republican Party (United States)

. He was elected Postmaster

Postmaster

A postmaster is the head of an individual post office. Postmistress is not used anymore in the United States, as the "master" component of the word refers to a person of authority and has no gender quality...

of Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Portsmouth, New Hampshire

on December 13, 1899, which he served until 1907.http://books.google.com/books?id=uRkXAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA135&ots=XPxAqh0bJ4&dq=John%20H%20Bartlett%20election&pg=PA135#v=onepage&q=John%20&f=false
Bartlett left the position of postmaster

Postmaster

to serve on former Governor John McLane

John McLane

John McLane was a furniture maker and politician from Milford, New Hampshire. He was Governor of New Hampshire from 1905 to 1907....

's staff. As a member of McLane's staff, he was given the rank of Colonel

Colonel

Colonel , abbreviated Col or COL, is a military rank of a senior commissioned officer. It or a corresponding rank exists in most armies and in many air forces; the naval equivalent rank is generally "Captain". It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures...

and became responsible for making preparations for the Russo-Japanese War

Russo-Japanese War

The Russo-Japanese War was "the first great war of the 20th century." It grew out of rival imperial ambitions of the Russian Empire and Japanese Empire over Manchuria and Korea...

Peace Conference that led to the signing of the Treaty of Portsmouth

Treaty of Portsmouth

The Treaty of Portsmouth formally ended the 1904-05 Russo-Japanese War. It was signed on September 5, 1905 after negotiations at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine in the USA.-Negotiations:...

officially ending the Russo-Japanese War

Russo-Japanese War

The Russo-Japanese War was "the first great war of the 20th century." It grew out of rival imperial ambitions of the Russian Empire and Japanese Empire over Manchuria and Korea...

.http://www.nh.gov/nhdhr/publications/glikeness/bartjohn.html

Former Governor Robert P. Bass

Robert P. Bass

Robert Perkins Bass was an American farmer, forestry expert, and Republican politician from Peterborough, New Hampshire. He served in both houses of the New Hampshire Legislature and as chairman of the state's Forestry Commission before being elected governor of New Hampshire in 1910...

appointed Bartlett as the representative of the state of New Hampshire

New Hampshire

at the sixth annual meeting of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

American Academy of Political and Social Science

The American Academy of Political and Social Science was founded in 1889 to promote progress in the social sciences. Sparked by Professor Edmund J. James and drawing from members of the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, Swarthmore College, and Bryn Mawr College, the Academy sought to...

, which was held at Philadelphia in March, 1912.http://books.google.com/books?id=uRkXAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA135&ots=XPxAqh0bJ4&dq=John%20H%20Bartlett%20election&pg=PA135#v=onepage&q=John%20&f=false

In 1916, Bartlett presided over the Republican State Convention.http://www.nh.gov/nhdhr/publications/glikeness/bartjohn.html
He served in the New Hampshire

New Hampshire

state House of Representatives before being elected governor in 1918.
Declining to run for a second term, Bartlett served as president of the United States Civil Service Commission

United States Civil Service Commission

The United States Civil Service Commission a three man commission was created by the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, which was passed into law on January 16, 1883...

and was then appointed as the first United States Assistant Postmaster General

United States Postmaster General

in 1922, sponsoring the first transcontinental air mail service.http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=515bd961f666a010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD

In 1929, he was appointed chairman of the United States section of the International Joint Commission

International Joint Commission

for the United States and Canada

Canada

, until his retirement in 1939.http://www.nh.gov/nhdhr/publications/glikeness/bartjohn.html

Bartlett's New Deal

New Deal

The New Deal was a series of economic programs implemented in the United States between 1933 and 1936. They were passed by the U.S. Congress during the first term of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The programs were Roosevelt's responses to the Great Depression, and focused on what historians call...

sympathies caused him to switch to the Democratic Party

Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

, and he ran unsuccessfully as a Democrat for the United States Congress

United States Congress

The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Congress meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C....

.http://www.nh.gov/nhdhr/publications/glikeness/bartjohn.html

Throughout Bartlett's political career and after retirement, he spoke at events throughout New England

New England

New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...

and at graduation ceremonies.http://books.google.com/books?id=uRkXAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA135&ots=XPxAqh0bJ4&dq=John%20H%20Bartlett%20election&pg=PA135#v=onepage&q=John%20&f=false

Governorship

John Henry Bartlett ran for governor of New Hampshire

New Hampshire

in 1918 against Nathaniel E. Martin of Concord, New Hampshire

Concord, New Hampshire

The city of Concord is the capital of the state of New Hampshire in the United States. It is also the county seat of Merrimack County. As of the 2010 census, its population was 42,695....

.http://books.google.com/books?id=iaUYAAAAIAAJ&lpg=PA452&ots=4AWgA9y36G&dq=Governor%20John%20H%20Bartlett%20time%20in%20office&pg=PA452#v=onepage&q=Governor%20John%20H%20Bartlett%20time%20in%20office&f=false Bartlett won the election by over 6,000 votes and entered office on January 6, 1919, and served as the 65th Governor of New Hampshire

Governor of New Hampshire

The Governor of the State of New Hampshire is the supreme executive magistrate of the U.S. state of New Hampshire.The governor is elected at the biennial state general election in November of even-numbered years. New Hampshire is one of only two states, along with bordering Vermont, to hold...

until January 6, 1921.http://books.google.com/books?id=iaUYAAAAIAAJ&lpg=PA452&ots=4AWgA9y36G&dq=Governor%20John%20H%20Bartlett%20time%20in%20office&pg=PA452#v=onepage&q=Governor%20John%20H%20Bartlett%20time%20in%20office&f=false

During Bartlett's term, the state adopted an executive budget

Executive budget

The executive budget is the budget for the executive branch of the United States government. It was established as one of the reforms during the Progressive Era and became a federal policy in 1921 under the Woodrow Wilson Administration. The process of creating the executive budget consists of...

system and the state's employee liability law was revised. New Hampshire

New Hampshire

cities also secured the rights to acquire and operate interurban

Interurban

An interurban, also called a radial railway in parts of Canada, is a type of electric passenger railroad; in short a hybrid between tram and train. Interurbans enjoyed widespread popularity in the first three decades of the twentieth century in North America. Until the early 1920s, most roads were...

street railways

Tram

A tram is a passenger rail vehicle which runs on tracks along public urban streets and also sometimes on separate rights of way. It may also run between cities and/or towns , and/or partially grade separated even in the cities...

.

Bartlett signed the Purple Lilac into law as the state flower of New Hampshire

New Hampshire

on March 28, 1919.http://www.nh.gov/lilacs/lilacs/index.htm

Books

Dartmouth Athletics: A Complete History of All Kinds of Sports at the College. 1893
In Memoriam: Warren Gamaliel Harding 1923
Spice for Speeches 1926
Folks is Folks 1927
The Legend of Ann Smith: A New England Story in Verse 1931
The Bonus March and the New Deal 1937
A Synoptic History of the Granite State 1939
In Memoriam: Joseph Delmar Bartlett 1940
The Story of Sunapee 1941
Sketches From My Scrap Books and Diaries 1948

Addresses

Message of His Excellency John H. Bartlett, Governor of New Hampshire, to the Two Branches of the Legislature January 2, 1919
Address of John H. Bartlett: Before a Mass Meeting of the National Civil Service Reform League at Washington, D.C. April 27, 1922
Each Political Party Will Be Judged by its Presidential Candidate April 14, 1928

External links

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