John Henry Bartlett | |
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| 57th Governor of New Hampshire | |
| In office January 6, 1919 – January 6, 1921 | |
| Preceded by | Henry W. Keyes |
| Succeeded by | Albert O. Brown |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 15, 1869 Sunapee, New Hampshire, U.S. |
| Died | March 19, 1952 (aged 83) Portsmouth, New Hampshire, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican until 1939 Democratic (1939–1952) |
| Spouses | Agnes Page Bartlett
(m. 1900; died 1944)Mildred C. Lawson (m. 1944) |
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John Henry Bartlett (March 15, 1869 – March 19, 1952) was a descendant of Josiah Bartlett,[1] New Hampshire's first governor and a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence. John H. Bartlett was an American teacher, high school principal, lawyer, author and Republican politician from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1894 and served as the 57th governor of New Hampshire from 1919 to 1921.
Bartlett later served as president of the United States Civil Service Commission and was appointed as the first United States Assistant Postmaster General.
In 1929 he was appointed chairman of the United States section of the International Joint Commission for the United States and Canada, until his retirement in 1939.