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Josiah Bartlett Jr.

Josiah Bartlett Jr.

American politician

For his father, signatory of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, see Josiah Bartlett. For the West Wing character, see Josiah Bartlet.

Josiah Bartlett Jr. (August 29, 1768 – April 16, 1838) was an American physician and politician from New Hampshire. He served as a United States Representative from New Hampshire and as a member of the New Hampshire Senate during the early 1800s.

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Early life

Bartlett was born to Josiah Bartlett and Mary Bartlett in Kingston in the Province of New Hampshire.[1] He followed his father as both a physician and political leader. After graduating from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1784,[2] he studied medicine and started a medical practice in Stratham.[3]

Career

Bartlett was a presidential elector in the 1792 election, supporting George Washington.[4] He served in the State Senate from 1809 to 1810. Elected as a Democratic-Republican candidate, he served as a United States Representative for the state of New Hampshire from March 4, 1811, to March 3, 1813.[5] He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1811.[6] Following his Congressional service, Bartlett resumed the practice of medicine and was elected again to the New Hampshire State Senate, serving from 1824 to 1825. He served as a presidential elector in the 1824 election, supporting John Quincy Adams.[7] He continued the practice of medicine in Stratham.

Home of Josiah Bartlett Jr., at 420 Court St., Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The house has been restored and is known as the Reuben Shapley House, after its builder. It is preserved as part of the Strawbery Banke Museum complex.

Personal life

Bartlett died in Stratham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, on April 16, 1838 (age 69 years, 230 days). He is interred at Old Congregational Cemetery in Stratham.[8]

Bartlett was the son of Josiah Bartlett, Governor of the state of New Hampshire and signer of the Declaration of Independence.[9][10]

He married Sarah Ann Wingate on June 3, 1792, and later married Hannah Weeks on April 25, 1812.[11]

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    "Quaker, New England, and Kersey Genealogy". Ancestry.com. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
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    Phillips Exeter Academy (1903). General Catalogue of Officers and Students, 1783-1903. Phillips Exeter Academy. p. 2.
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    Farmer, John and Lyon, G. Parker (1842). The New-Hampshire Annual Register, and United States Calendar, Issue 21. p. 93.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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    U.S. Government Printing Office (1913). United States Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 462.
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    Drake, Francis Samuel (1879). Dictionary of American Biography, Including Men of the Time: Containing Nearly Ten Thousand Notices of Persons of Both Sexes, of Native and Foreign Birth, who Have Been Remarkable, Or Prominently Connected with the Arts, Sciences, Literature, Politics, Or History of the American Continent. Giving Also the Pronunciation of Many of the Foreign and Peculiar American Names, a Key to the Assumed Names of Writers, and a Supplement. J. R. Osgood and Company. p. 69. josiah bartlett jr .
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    "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter B" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved August 7, 2014.
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    U.S. Government Printing Office (1913). United States Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 462.
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    Spencer, Thomas E. (1998). Where They're Buried: A Directory Containing More Than Twenty Thousand Names of Notable Persons Buried in American Cemeteries, with Listings of Many Prominent People who Were Cremated. Genealogical Publishing Com. p. 221. ISBN 9780806348230.
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    "Josiah Bartlet Jr". 2014 Geni.com. August 29, 1768. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
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    "BARTLETT, Josiah, (1729 - 1795)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
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    "Josiah Bartlett Jr". 2009 Ancestry.com. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
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