Ichabod Bartlett

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	(1786-07-24)July 24, 1786 Salisbury Merrimack County New Hampshire, USA
Died	October 19, 1853(1853-10-19) (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

Early life

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]

Career

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.

Death

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.

References

1. Benton, Josiah Henry (1894), Influence of the Bar in Our State and Federal Government: Annual Address before the Southern New Hampshire Bar Association, Feb. 23, 1894, Boston, Massachusetts: Josiah Henry Benton, p. 60
2. Bartlett, Thomas Edward (1892), The Bartletts: Ancestral, Genealogical, Biographical, Historical. Comprising an account of the American Progenitors of the Bartlett Family, with Special Reference to the Descendants of John Bartlett, of Weymouth and Cumberland, New Haven, Connecticut: Press of the Stafford Printing Co., p. 94
3. Beach, Morgan, Rines, Roe, Dole, Copeland, Frederick Converse, Forrest, George Edwin, E. T., Nathan Haskell, Thomas Campbell (1903). The Encyclopedia Americana: A General Dictionary of the Arts and Sciences, Literature, History, Biography, Geography, Etc., of the World; Editor-in-chief, Frederick Converse Beach ... Managing Editor, Forrest Morgan ... Assistant Editors, Nathan Haskell Dole ... Edward Thomas Roe ... Thomas Campbell Copeland. Americana Company, 1903 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries. Retrieved 19 July 2014.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
4. Drake, Francis Samuel (1879). Dictionary of American Biography: Including Men of the Time ... and a Supplement. Houghton; Osgood, 1879 - America. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
5. "Ichabod Bartlett". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 19 July 2014.

External links

• United States Congress. "Ichabod Bartlett (id: B000205)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

Party political offices
Preceded by Timothy Upham	National Republican nominee for Governor of New Hampshire 1831, 1832	Succeeded by Arthur Livermore
Political offices
Preceded by Josiah Butler	Member of the United States House of Representatives New Hampshire's At-Large district 1823-1829	Succeeded by John Brodhead
Preceded by Matthew Harvey	Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives 30th New Hampshire General Court 1821-1821	Succeeded by Charles Woodman