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Ichabod Bartlett (July 24, 1786 – October 19, 1853) was an American politician and a United States representative from New Hampshire.
Ichabod Bartlett | |
|---|---|
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire's At-large district | |
| In office March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1829 | |
| Preceded by | Josiah Butler |
| Succeeded by | John Brodhead |
| Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives 30th New Hampshire General Court | |
| In office June 6, 1821 – June 30, 1821 | |
| Preceded by | Matthew Harvey[1] |
| Succeeded by | Charles Woodman[1] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 24, 1786 Salisbury Merrimack County New Hampshire, USA |
| Died | October 19, 1853 (aged 67) Portsmouth Rockingham County New Hampshire, USA |
| Resting place | Harmony Grove Cemetery Portsmouth Rockingham County New Hampshire |
| Political party | Adams-Clay Republican Adams |
| Alma mater | Dartmouth College |
Bartlett was born in Salisbury, New Hampshire on July 24, 1786.[2] He received a classical education and graduated from Dartmouth College in Hanover in 1808. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1811, commencing practice in Durham.[3]
Bartlett moved to Portsmouth in 1816 and continued the practice of law. He was the clerk of the New Hampshire Senate in 1817 and 1818, and served as the state solicitor for Rockingham County 1819-1821. In addition, he was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives 1819-1821 and served as speaker in 1821.[4]
Elected as an Adams-Clay Republican to the Eighteenth Congress and as an Adams to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses, Bartlett served as United States Representative from (March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1829). He declined the appointment as chief justice of the court of common pleas in 1825 and was again a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives 1830, 1838, 1851, and 1852. Failing in a bid for the governorship of New Hampshire in 1832, he served as a member of the state constitutional convention in 1850.
Bartlett was never married and died in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on October 19, 1853 (age 67 years, 87 days).[5] He is interred at Harmony Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
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