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Dec 10, 2019 · Dec. 11 is the anniversary of the death of Bob Bartlett, one of the most effective and successful politicians in Alaska’s history. He served as Alaska Delegate to Congress from 1944 to 1958,...
Bob Bartlett was born on 15 August 1875 to William and Mary (Leamon) Bartlett. The family lived in Brigus, Newfoundland and Labrador, where Bartlett's ancestors skippered ships in the cod and seal fisheries for generations. Despite the family's seafaring heritage, Mary Bartlett wanted her eldest son, Bob, to become a minister and in 1891 sent ...
Robert Abram Bartlett (August 15, 1875 – April 28, 1946) was a Newfoundland -born American Arctic explorer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. [1] Early life. Born in Brigus, Colony of Newfoundland, Bartlett was the oldest of ten children born to William James Bartlett and Mary J. Leamon, and heir to a family tradition of seafaring.
Edward Lewis "Bob" Bartlett, was an American politician and a member of the Democratic Party. He served as a U.S. Senator. A key fighter for Alaska statehood, Bartlett served as the Secretary of Alaska Territory from 1939 to 1945, in Congress from 1945 to 1959 as a Delegate, and from 1959 until his death in 1968 as a U.S. senator.
This profile of former U.S. Sen. Bob Bartlett appeared in the Aug. 13, 2003 issue of the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. By Sam Bisshop. WASHINGTON—In one of Bob Bartlett's many election campaigns, an opponent once tried to gain advantage by repeatedly referring to the longtime Alaskan as "Seattle-born. " The charge was true, but inaccurate.
A prolific writer of personal letters, Bartlett used the tool to maintain friendships across the political spectrum in Alaska. Bartlett died in 1968. Bartlett had been a Democrat, but Gov. Wally Hickel replaced him with Republican Sen. Ted Stevens.
Creating Alaska. Constitutional Convention. Speeches. Bob Bartlett. "Meeting the Challenge" A Speech by. E.L. "Bob" Bartlett. Delegate to Congress. Delivered to the Delegates of the Alaska Constitutional Convention. November 8, 1955.
