Charles Lafayette Bartlett

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Charles Lafayette Bartlett (January 31, 1853–April 21, 1938) was a U.S. political figure, a Democratic Party senator from Georgia.

Bartlett was born in Monticello, Georgia. He graduated in 1870 with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens. He then studied law at the University of Virginia before graduating from the UGA School of Law with a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1872, gaining admission to the state bar, and beginning the practice of law in Monticello.

After moving to Macon, Georgia in 1875, Bartlett became the solicitor general for the Macon judicial circuit in 1877 and remained in that position until 1881. He was then elected to the Georgia State House of Representatives from 1882 through 1885.

Barlett served as city attorney of Macon from 1887 until 1892 while also serving in the Georgia Senate in 1888 and 1889. In 1892, he became a Macon circuit superior court judge and served in that position until resigning in 1894 to successfully run for the United States House of Representatives, a position he held for nine more terms until deciding not to run for re-election in 1914.

After his congressional service, Bartlett returned to Macon to practice law and engage in banking. He died in that city in 1838 and was bured in its Rose Hill Cemetery.

Preceded by: Thomas B. Cabaniss

U.S. Representative of Georgia's 6th Congressional District March 4, 1895 - March 3, 1915

Succeeded by: James W. Wise

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• This article incorporates facts obtained from the public domain Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• History of the University of Georgia, Thomas Walter Reed, Imprint: Athens, Georgia : University of Georgia, ca. 1949, pp.900,937