George Arthur Bartlett (November 30, 1869 – June 1, 1951) was a
United States representative from
Nevada.
Biography
He moved with his parents to
Eureka,
Eureka County
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and attended the common schools. His marriage to Pearl Bartlett resulted in four children, including pilot, editor, and poet
Margaret Bartlett Thornton.
Bartlett received a law degree from
Georgetown University in 1894 and was accepted to the Nevada
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. He served
district attorney
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of
Eureka County
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in 1889 and 1890. He was elected as a Democrat to the
Sixtieth and
Sixty-first Congress
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es (March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1911) and did not seek re-election in 1910.
After serving in Congress, he resumed the practice of law in Reno. He was appointed United States assistant district attorney for the District of Nevada on March 3, 1915, and served until March 30, 1918. Between 1918 and 1931 Bartlett served as a judge in the Nevada state court system, after which he resumed the private practice of law. During his time on the bench he granted over 20,000 divorces, including those for
Jack Dempsey,
Tallulah Bankhead, and
W. K. Kellogg
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earning him the nickname "the divorce judge". He later wrote a book called ''Men, Women and Conflict'' based on this experience which was edited by his daughter Margaret. Published in 1931, it was re-issued in 1947 as ''Is Marriage Necessary?''.
He authored several books and was interred in
Mountain View Cemetery in Reno upon his death.
See also
*
George A. Bartlett House in
Tonopah, Nevada
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Notes
External links
A Guide to the Papers of George A. Bartlett, NC1253 Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Reno.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bartlett, George A.
1869 births
1951 deaths
Nevada state court judges
Writers from San Francisco
Writers from Nevada
Politicians from San Francisco
People from Eureka, Nevada
Georgetown University Law Center alumni
Assistant United States Attorneys
District attorneys in Nevada
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Nevada
People from Tonopah, Nevada