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John Henry Bartlett (March 15, 1869March 19, 1952) Descendant of Josiah Bartlett(), signatory of the Declaration of Independence(), 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 Governor of New Hampshire from 1919–1921. 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. ==Education and personal life== John Henry Bartlett was born on March 15, 1869, in Sunapee, New Hampshire, as the second son and third child of John Z. and Sophronia (Sargent) Bartlett.() Bartlett grew up in Sunapee and attended public school there through high school. Bartlett then attended Colby-Sawyer College in New London, New Hampshire, at the time called Colby Academy.() From 1890 to 1894, Bartlett attended Dartmouth College.() After graduation he became a teacher at the high school in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Bartlett taught for four years, the last two years also serving as principal to the school.() Bartlett married Agnes Page, a daughter of Judge Calvin and Arabella J. (Moran) Page in June 1900. They had one son, Calvin Page Bartlett, born October 8, 1901.() Agnes Page was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on August 21, 1871. They stayed married until her death on April 25, 1944. Later that year, Bartlett remarried to Mildred C. Lawson.()() Bartlett affiliated with the Unitarian Church and was a Knight Templar Mason of DeWitt Clinton Commandery of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and a Knight of Pythias() Throughout his life, he maintained an interest in education and his birthplace of Sunapee, New Hampshire. He was elected as a trustee of Colby-Sawyer College.() In 1955, three years after his death, a yearly scholarship award was established for students from Sunapee called the Governor John H. Bartlett Fund.() Bartlett also published several books on New England and political topics. John Henry Bartlett died at the age of 83 on March 19, 1952, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where he is buried with his wife Agnes Page in the city's Harmony Grove Cemetery.() 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John H. Bartlett」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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