Josiah Bartlett

Democratic Republican Representative of New Hampshire

Congresses Served

House Terms

August 29, 1768 (69 years old)

Birthday

April 16, 1838

Death

Was a physician and politician from New Hampshire.
Served as a United States Representative and as a member of the New Hampshire Senate in the early 1800s.
Born to a father who was a Governor of New Hampshire and a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1784 and pursued a career in medicine.
Acted as a presidential elector in the 1792 election, supporting George Washington, and again in the 1824 election, supporting John Quincy Adams.
Elected as a Democratic-Republican, served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1811 to 1813.
Elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1811.
After his time in Congress, returned to practicing medicine and served again in the New Hampshire State Senate from 1824 to 1825.
Married twice, first to Sarah Ann Wingate in 1792 and then to Hannah Weeks in 1812.
Died in Stratham, New Hampshire, and is interred at Old Congregational Cemetery in Stratham.
His home in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, has been restored and is part of the Strawbery Banke Museum complex.