David Bartlett (October 23, 1855 – October 16, 1913) was an American lawyer and politician in the state of

North Dakota North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minnesota to the east, So ...

. He served as

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from 1901 to 1907 under Governors Frank White and Elmore Y. Sarles. Bartlett was born in Lemorna,

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in 1855. He graduated from the

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in 1876, attaining a law degree. Bartlett resided briefly in Colorado before moving to

Cooperstown, North Dakota Cooperstown is a city in Griggs County, North Dakota, United States. It is the county seat of Griggs County. The population was 983 at the 2020 census. Cooperstown was founded in 1882. History The city is named for R. C. Cooper, a bonanza farme ...

in 1883, becoming a pioneering businessman and citizen of

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. He served on the North Dakota Constitutional Convention of 1889. Bartlett also served as states attorney of Griggs County, and was a proponent of

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. He served as the Republican lieutenant governor of North Dakota from 1901 to 1907, but later joined the

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in 1912. He died on October 16, 1913 in Boston from a cerebral hemorrhage.

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