Dewey F. Bartlett
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| Dewey Follett Bartlett | |
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19th Governor of Oklahoma
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| In office January 9, 1967 – January 11, 1971 |
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| Lieutenant | George Nigh |
| Preceded by | Henry Bellmon |
| Succeeded by | David Hall |
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| In office January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1979 |
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| Preceded by | Fred Roy Harris |
| Succeeded by | David L. Boren |
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| Born | March 28, 1919 Marietta, Ohio |
| Died | March 1, 1979 (aged 59) Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| Political party | Republican |
Dewey Follett Bartlett (March 28, 1919–March 1, 1979), a U.S. politician, He served as the second Republican Governor of Oklahoma from 1967 to 1971, following his predecessor, Henry Bellmon. In 1966, he was elected governor after defeating the Democratic nominee, Preston Moore of Oklahoma City. He was defeated for reelection in 1970 by Tulsa attorney David Hall in the closest election in state history.
[edit] Biography
He was born in Marietta, Ohio, and attended schools in Marietta and Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Following his graduation from Princeton University with a degree in geological engineering in 1942, he served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II. After the war, he moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma, and 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. Prior to becoming Governor, he served in the State Senate from 1962 to 1966. 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 Gubenatorial election in state history, Hall unseated Bartlett by a vote of 338,338 to 336,157 [1].
Following his defeat, 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 is 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. [2]
[edit] Family
His son, Dewey F. Bartlett, Jr. served on the Tulsa City Council from 1990 to 1994, and has inherited the Keener Oil and Gas Company from his father. He ran unsuccessfully against Tom Adelson for State Senate district 33 in 2004.
| Preceded by Henry Bellmon |
Governor of Oklahoma 1967 – 1971 |
Succeeded by David Hall |
| Preceded by Fred Roy Harris |
United States Senator (Class 2) from Oklahoma 1973 –1979 Served alongside: Henry Bellmon |
Succeeded by David Boren |
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