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Dewey F. Bartlett

American politician (1919–1979)

Summary

American politician (1919–1979)

Field	Value
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order	19th
office	Governor of Oklahoma
term_start	January 9, 1967
term_end	January 11, 1971
lieutenant	George Nigh
predecessor	Henry Bellmon
successor	David Hall
state_senate3	Oklahoma
district3	39th
term3	1962–1966
predecessor3	Yates A. Land
successor3	Joseph McGraw
birth_name	Dewey Follett Bartlett
birth_date
birth_place	Marietta, Ohio, U.S.
death_date
death_cause	Lung cancer
death_place	Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
resting_place	Calvary Cemetery, Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
resting_place_coordinates
profession	Oilman
spouse
children	3, including Dewey Jr.
party	Republican
alma_mater	Princeton University
allegiance	United States
branch	United States Marine Corps
serviceyears	1942–1946
rank	Captain
battles	World War II
mawards	Air Medal
jr/sr2	United States Senator
state2	Oklahoma
term_start2	January 3, 1973
term_end2	January 3, 1979
predecessor2	Fred R. Harris
successor2	David Boren

the former Oklahoma governor

| jr/sr2 = United States Senator

Dewey Follett Bartlett Sr. (March 28, 1919 – March 1, 1979) was an American politician who served as the 19th governor of Oklahoma from 1967 to 1971, following his fellow Republican, Henry Bellmon. In 1966, he became the first Roman Catholic elected governor of Oklahoma, defeating the Democratic nominee, Preston J. Moore of Oklahoma City. He was defeated for reelection in 1970 by Tulsa attorney David Hall in the closest election in state history. He was elected to the United States Senate in 1972 and served one term. In 1978, he was diagnosed with lung cancer and did not run for reelection that year. He died of complications of lung cancer two months after retiring from the Senate in 1979.

Early life

Dewey Follett Bartlett was born to David A. and Jessie Bartlett in Marietta, Ohio, and attended schools in Marietta and Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Bartlett graduated from Princeton University with an undergraduate degree in geological engineering in 1942 after completing his senior thesis, titled "Water-flooding an oil formation", under the supervision of Glenn L. Jepsen and Kenneth DePencier Watson. Bartlett was the president of his senior class while a student at Princeton.{{cite web|access-date=2018-01-27

Following graduation from Princeton, Bartlett enlisted in the Navy; then served in the U.S. Marine Corps as a dive bomber during World War II in the Pacific theatre. After the war, he moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he held various jobs in farming, ranching, and the oil industry, inheriting ownership of the Tulsa-based Keener Oil and Gas Company from his father, David A. Bartlett.

Political career

Prior to becoming governor, Bartlett served in the Oklahoma Senate from 1962 to 1966.

As governor, he made major changes to the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, pushed for school consolidation, and vetoed a school code bill. In 1970, he was the first Oklahoma governor eligible to seek a second term. In the general election, he was challenged by then-Tulsa County Attorney David Hall. In the closest gubernatorial election in state history, Hall defeated Bartlett by a vote of 338,338 (48.4%) to 336,157 (48.1%).

Following his defeat for reelection as governor, he served for one term in the U.S. Senate from 1973 to 1979 after winning the seat previously held by Democrat Fred R. Harris. He narrowly defeated U.S. Congressman Ed Edmondson in the 1972 election riding on President Richard Nixon's coattails. During his tenure in Congress, he took a conservative stance on most issues and championed oil and gas interests during the energy crisis of the 1970s. However, he suffered health problems and, rather than face a very difficult reelection against popular Democratic Governor David Boren, decided not to seek reelection. Two months after retiring from the U.S. Senate, he died in Tulsa from complications of lung cancer, and was buried in the city's Calvary Cemetery. In 1990 he was inducted into the Oklahoma CareerTech Hall of Fame and in March, 2006, Congress passed a bill renaming the U.S. Post Office in Tulsa in his honor.

Family

Bartlett married Ann Smith, a native of Seattle, Washington on April 2, 1945 at Mission San Juan Capistrano in San Juan Capistrano, California. They had three children: Dewey F. Bartlett Jr., Michael and Joanie.

His son, Dewey F. Bartlett Jr. served as mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma, from 2009 until losing reelection to G. T. Bynum in 2016, served as a member of the Tulsa City Council from 1990 to 1994, and has inherited the Keener Oil and Gas Company from his father.

References

Burke, Bob. ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''. "Bartlett, Dewey Follett (1919 - 1979)." Retrieved November 23, 2012.[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/B/BA029.html] {{Webarchive. link. (November 15, 2013)
Bartlett, Dewey F.. (1942). "Water-flooding an oil formation". Princeton, NJ: Princeton University, Department of Geological Engineering.
''Who is Who in the Oklahoma Legislature: 29th-36th, 1963-1978'' Legislative Reference and Research Division, 1963.
Hudson, Geneva Johnston (AuthorHouse, 2005). ''Statesman or Rogue: Elected to Serve''. {{ISBN. 1-4208-2503-8
[https://www.odl.state.ok.us/oar/governors/bios/hall.pdf Cached biography from Oklahoma Department of Libraries] {{webarchive. link. (March 12, 2016)
[http://www.okcareertech.org/about/foundation/hall-of-fame/inductees/governor-dewey-bartlett Gov. Dewey Bartlett] {{Webarchive. link. (May 2, 2014 , [[Oklahoma CareerTech Hall of Fame]] (accessed 2014-04-22).)
"Congressman John Sullivan - Oklahoma's First District".
Stanley, Tim. [http://newsok.com/ann-bartlett-former-first-lady-dies-at-92/article/3749754 Ann Bartlett, former first lady, dies at 92], ''[[Tulsa World]]'' as published in ''[[The Oklahoman]]'', January 27, 2013. (accessed June 30, 2013)
"GT Bynum Defeats Incumbent Bartlett for Tulsa Mayor".

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