Oliver Bateman

{{short description|American politician (1923–2012)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| birth_date = {{birth date|1923|8|29}}

| birth_place = Walden, Georgia, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|9|14|1923|8|29}}

| party = Republican

| state_senate = Georgia

| office2 = Minority Leader of the Georgia Senate

| term_start = January 11, 1965

| term_end = January 8, 1973

| termstart2 = 1968

| termend2 = 1973

| successor2 = William Armstrong Smith

| death_place = Macon, Georgia, U.S.

| district = 27th

| image = Oliver Bateman.png

| image_size = 200px

| successor = George N. Skene

| predecessor =

}}

Oliver Cromwell Bateman (August 29, 1923 – September 14, 2012) was an American legislator who served in the Georgia State Senate from 1965 until 1973 and was minority leader from 1968 to 1973.{{Cite web |last=Hart |first=Carroll |date=1968 |title=Georgia's official register, 1967-1968 |url=https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/data/dlg/sreg/pdfs/dlg_sreg_1967.pdf |access-date=January 14, 2024 |website=Digital Library of Georgia |page=372}} He was born in Walden, Georgia. He was a graduate of The Citadel in 1948 and Harvard Business School in 1950. Bateman passed away in Macon, Georgia.{{Cite web |title=Obituary for Oliver Cromwell Bateman|url=https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/macon-ga/oliver-bateman-5238826 |access-date=2024-01-04 |language=en}} He was a delegate to the 1968 Republican National Convention.