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BARTLETT, Ichabod

(1786—1853)


BARTLETT, Ichabod, a Representative from New Hampshire; born in Salisbury, N.H., July 24, 1786; received a classical education and was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1808; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1811 and commenced practice in Durham, Strafford County, N.H.; moved to Portsmouth in 1816 and continued the practice of law; clerk of the State senate in 1817 and 1818; State solicitor for Rockingham County 1819-1821; member of the State house of representatives 1819-1821; served as speaker in 1821; elected as a Adams-Clay Republican to the Eighteenth and as an Adams to the Nineteenth, and Twentieth Congresses (March 4, 1823-March 3, 1829); declined the appointment as chief justice of the court of common pleas in 1825; again a member of the State house of representatives 1830, 1838, 1851, and 1852; unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 1832; member of the State constitutional convention in 1850; died in Portsmouth, N.H., October 19, 1853; interment in Harmony Grove Cemetery.


Bartlett, Ichabod. An oration, pronounced at Salisbury, New Hampshire, July 4th, 1808 . Concord: Printed by George Hough, 1808.

———. Remarks of Mr. Bartlett of N. Hamp . [Washington: N.p., 1829?]

———. Speech of Mr. Bartlett, of New-Hamp., on the proposition to amend the Constitution of the United States: delivered in the House of Representatives, 30th March, 1826 . (Washington City: Davis & Force), 1826.

———. Speech of Mr. Bartlett on the subject of retrenchment: delivered in the House of Reps., Feb. 6, 1828 . 2d ed. (Washington: W. Greer), 1828.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present

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