George Arthur Bartlett

Democrat Representative of Nevada

Congresses Served

House Terms

November 30, 1869 (81 years old)

Birthday

June 1, 1951

Death

Served as a United States Representative from Nevada from 1907 to 1911.
Elected as a Democrat to the Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses.
Practiced law after his congressional term, resuming in Reno.
Appointed as the United States Assistant District Attorney for Nevada from 1915 to 1918.
Served as a judge in the Nevada state court system from 1918 to 1931, earning the nickname “the divorce judge” for granting over 20,000 divorces.
Authored several books, including “Men, Women and Conflict,” which was later re-issued as “Is Marriage Necessary?”.
Married with four children, one of whom was a notable pilot, editor, and poet.
Interred in Mountain View Cemetery in Reno after his death.