Dewey Follett Bartlett

Republican Senator of Oklahoma

  • Senator

    Oklahoma

    January 3, 1973 - January 3, 1979

3

Congresses Served

1

Senate Terms

January 1, 1919 (60 years old)

Birthday

January 1, 1979

Death

  • Served as the 19th Governor of Oklahoma from 1967 to 1971.
  • First Roman Catholic elected governor of Oklahoma.
  • Defeated for reelection in 1970 in the closest gubernatorial election in state history.
  • Elected to the U.S. Senate in 1972, serving one term until 1979.
  • Took a conservative stance on most issues during his Senate tenure.
  • Championed oil and gas interests during the 1970s energy crisis.
  • Diagnosed with lung cancer in 1978 and chose not to run for reelection.
  • Died from complications of lung cancer shortly after retiring from the Senate.
  • Graduated from Princeton University with a degree in geological engineering.
  • Served in the U.S. Marine Corps as a dive bomber during World War II.
  • Held various jobs in farming, ranching, and the oil industry before entering politics.
  • Made significant changes to the Oklahoma Department of Corrections and advocated for school consolidation as governor.
  • Inducted into the Oklahoma CareerTech Hall of Fame in 1990.
  • The U.S. Post Office in Tulsa was renamed in his honor in 2006.