Charles A.P. Bartlett Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Captain
Charles Allen Parker Bartlett
Office:Pennsylvania Senate Librarian
Term Start:February 15, 1943
Term End:March 18, 1948
Office1:Member of the Pennsylvania Senate
from the 18th district
Term Start1:1939
Term End1:1942
Predecessor1:William G. Barthold
Successor1:Carleton T. Woodring
Office2:Wilson Borough President
Birth Date:November 17, 1880
Birth Place:Concord, Massachusetts
Death Place:Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Party:Republican
Residence:Wilson, Pennsylvania
Spouse:Mildred E. Richards
Serviceyears:1917-1919
Battles:World War I
Rank:Captain

Charles Allen Parker Bartlett was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served in the Pennsylvania State Senate, representing the 18th district from 1939 to 1942. During his tenure, the 18th district represented the Northampton County, Pennsylvania.[1]

Biography

Early life

Bartlett was born in Concord, Massachusetts, on November 17, 1880, to Charles H. Bartlett and Mary A. Née Hobson. As a child, his family moved to Easton, Pennsylvania, where he received a public high school education and didn't attend any college. He worked as a secretary, treasurer, and sales agent for local manufacturing firms from 1904 to 1933.

Military Service

Bartlett joined the Pennsylvania National Guard in 1904 and during World War I, achieved the rank of Captain commanding Rainbow Division's 149th Machine Gun Battalion's Company A, as part of the American Expeditionary Forces from 1917 to 1919. After the war, he also served as a Major of the Pennsylvania National Guard's coastal artillery until 1923.

Political career

After completing his service Bartlett was elected president of Wilson, Pennsylvania, for four years and was also elected the borough's Treasurer for nine years before being elected to the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1939 to 1942, during which he served as chairman of the welfare committee. Afterwards he was elected the Pennsylvania Senate Librarian from 1943 to 1948.

Later life

Bartlett married Mildred E. Née Richards. He died on March 18, 1948, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, at the age of 67. He is buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in his native Concord.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Charles Allen Parker Bartlett . . 13 April 2023.