Eben Byron Bartlett Jr.{{Cite news |date=February 15, 1974 |title=Hollis and Brookline Voters To Choose Two Delegates |pages=26 |work=Nashua Telegraph |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107753733/hollis-and-brookline-voters-to-choose/ |access-date=2022-08-17}} (July 14, 1912 – February 6, 1983) was an American military officer and politician from New Hampshire. Bartlett was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, serving for four months until his death in office in 1983.

Biography

Bartlett was born on July 14, 1912, in Goffstown, New Hampshire. He graduated from the University of New Hampshire. Bartlett, a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army, fought in the European theatre of World War II. In 1947, Bartlett served as the president of the New Hampshire branch of the Reserve Officers Association. He later fought in the Korean War, serving as a G-2 intelligence officer with the 7th Infantry Division. During his military career, Bartlett was awarded several medals, including the Bronze Star, the Legion of Merit, and the French Croix de Guerre.{{Cite news |date=February 10, 1983 |title=Obituary for Eben Bartlett (Aged 70) |pages=2 |work=Concord Monitor |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107753097/obituary-for-eben-bartlett-aged-70/ |access-date=2022-08-17}}{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/sim_army-times_1960-09-17_21_7 |title=WITH 7TH INF. DIV., Korea |date=September 17, 1960 |publisher=Army Times |volume=21 |language=English}}{{Cite news |date=November 14, 1946 |title=Reserve Corps Instructor to Speak Here Mon. |pages=15 |work=Nashua Telegraph |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107753549/reserve-corps-instructor-to-speak-here/ |access-date=2022-08-17}}

In 1964, Bartlett was elected to the board of selectmen of the town of Brookline for a three-year term, defeating Theodore F. Michos. However, Bartlett resigned from the office in June 1966, citing "personal business affairs".{{Cite news |last=Jepson |first=Miriam |date=June 25, 1966 |title=Selectman Resigns |pages=9 |work=Nashua Telegraph |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107753672/selectman-resigns/ |access-date=2022-08-17}}{{Cite news |last=Jepson |first=Miriam |date=February 28, 1964 |title=Candidates Named at Caucus |pages=7 |work=Nashua Telegraph |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107753469/candidates-named-at-caucus/ |access-date=2022-08-17}} Earlier in 1966, Bartlett had run for the Brookline school board, but was defeated by incumbent Betty Hall.{{Cite news |last=Jepson |first=Miriam |date=March 3, 1966 |title=Community Club Hears Candidates |pages=6 |work=Nashua Telegraph |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105146556/community-club-hears-candidates/ |access-date=2022-08-17}}{{Cite news |last=Jepson |first=Miriam |date=March 11, 1966 |title=New Fire Station Approved 106-21, Town Meeting Legality Protested |pages=6 |work=Nashua Telegraph |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105143597/new-fire-station-approved-106-21-town/ |access-date=2022-08-17}} In July 1966, Bartlett, a member of the Republican Party, announced his candidacy for the New Hampshire House of Representatives; he was defeated by either Webster E. Bridges Jr. or Grover C. Farwell.{{Cite news |last=Jepson |first=Miriam |date=July 29, 1966 |title=Town Clerk Announces Filings |pages=6 |work=Nashua Telegraph |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107753284/town-clerk-announces-filings/ |access-date=2022-08-17}}

In 1982, Bartlett was elected to the state house for Hillsborough County's 16th district; he defeated Barbara A. Fried, receiving 633 votes to Fried's 585.{{Cite book |last=Gardner |first=Bill |url=https://nh.electionstats.com/data/serve_file_pages_for_item/72204/Election/ |title=State of New Hampshire Manual for the General Court |publisher=New Hampshire Department of State |year=1983 |location=Concord |pages=266}} Bartlett died on February 6, 1983, at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Boston at the age of 70, serving in the state house for only four months.

Bartlett's son Charles was a captain in the United States Army, serving in the 27th Field Artillery Regiment.{{Cite news |last=Jepson |first=Miriam |date=January 29, 1965 |title=Raised In Rank |pages=7 |work=Nashua Telegraph |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107753598/raised-in-rank/ |access-date=2022-08-17}} Charles was also a professor of military science at Murray State University in Kentucky, and later served in the Vietnam War.{{Cite news |date=March 25, 1968 |title=Kentucky Visitors |pages=7 |work=Nashua Telegraph |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107753435/kentucky-visitors/ |access-date=2022-08-17}}{{Cite news |last=Jepson |first=Miriam |date=September 22, 1967 |title=Home From Vietnam |pages=6 |work=Nashua Telegraph |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107753621/home-from-vietnam/ |access-date=2022-08-17}}

References

Category:1912 births

Category:1983 deaths

Category:Republican Party members of the New Hampshire House of Representatives

Category:People from Goffstown, New Hampshire

Category:People from Hillsborough County, New Hampshire

Category:University of New Hampshire alumni

Category:United States Army colonels

Category:United States Army personnel of World War II

Category:United States Army personnel of the Korean War

Category:Candidates in the 1966 United States elections

Category:Military personnel from New Hampshire

Category:Recipients of the Legion of Merit

Category:Recipients of the Croix de Guerre (France)

Category:20th-century members of the New Hampshire General Court