Dewey F. Bartlett

Dewey Follett Bartlett
19th Governor of Oklahoma
In office 1967 – 1971
Lieutenant(s)	George Nigh
Preceded by	Henry Bellmon
Succeeded by	David Hall
United States Senator from Oklahoma
In office 1973 – 1979
Preceded by	Fred Roy Harris
Succeeded by	David L. Boren
Born	March 28 1919(1919-03-28) 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.

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. He was the first Oklahoma Governor eligible to seek a second term, but was defeated for reelection. 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 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. 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. [1]

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.

•  • e United States Senators from Oklahoma
Class 2: Owen • Pine • Gore • Lee • Moore • Kerr • Edmondson • Harris • Bartlett • Boren • Inhofe Class 3: Gore • Harreld • Thomas • Monroney • Bellmon • Nickles • Coburn

References

• 100 Years of Oklahoma Governors Biography
• Biographical Directory of Congress Profile