{{Short description|American politician (1750–1830)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Bailey Bartlett | image = | state1 = [[Massachusetts]] | district1 = [[Massachusetts's 11th congressional district|11th]] | term_start1 = November 27, 1797 | term_end1 = March 3, 1801 | preceded1 = [[Theophilus Bradbury]] | succeeded1 = [[Manasseh Cutler (representative)|Manasseh Cutler]] | office2 = Member of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] | term2 = 1781-1784<br>1788 | office3 = Member of the [[Massachusetts Senate]] | term3 = 1789 | birth_date = {{birth date|1750|1|29}} | birth_place = [[Haverhill, Massachusetts|Haverhill]], [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]], [[British America]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1830|9|9|1750|1|29}} | death_place = [[Haverhill, Massachusetts]], U.S. | party = [[Federalist Party (United States)|Federalist]] | spouse = Peggy Leonard White<ref name="The1888">{{Citation|last=The Essex Institute| title =Essex Institute historical collections, Volume 24| page = 124 | publisher = The Essex Institute| location = Salem, MA | year = 1888}}</ref> | relations = | children = Anna Bailey Bartlet, b. 1787;<br>Elizabeth<br>Margaret;<br>Sarah<br>Harriet<br>Catherine Leonard;<br>Edwin;<br>Abby Osgood;<br>Charles Leonard;<br>Mary Augusta;<br>Francis;<br>Louisa Ameila.<ref name="The1888a">{{Citation|last= The Essex Institute| title =Essex Institute historical collections, Volume 24| pages = 123, 127 | publisher = The Essex Institute| location = Salem, MA | year = 1888}}</ref> | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Bailey Bartlett''' (January 29, 1750 – September 9, 1830) was a member of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] from [[Massachusetts]].
== Early life ==
He was born in [[Haverhill, Massachusetts|Haverhill]] in the [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]] to Enoch Bartlett<ref name="Bartlett1876">{{Citation|last=Bartlett|first= Levi | title =Genealogical and biographical sketches of the Bartlett family in England and America| page = 22 | publisher = Levi Bartlett| location = Lawrence, MA | year = 1876}}</ref> (April 5, 1715 – January 1789) and Anna Bayley (March 4, 1725 – January 23, 1750) and engaged in mercantile pursuits there until 1789.
In 1786 Bartlett married Peggy Leonard White.<ref name="The1888" /> Together they had twelve children.
== Career ==
He was a member of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] from 1781 to 1784, and again in 1788. He was a member of the convention which adopted the [[Constitution of the United States]] in 1788. He served in the [[Massachusetts Senate]] the next year. He was appointed [[high sheriff]] of [[Essex County, Massachusetts|Essex County]] by Governor [[John Hancock]] and served from July 1, 1789, until December 5, 1811. He was elected as a [[Federalist]] to the [[5th United States Congress|Fifth Congress]] to fill the vacancy after the resignation of [[Theophilus Bradbury]]. He was reelected to the [[6th United States Congress|Sixth Congress]] and served from November 27, 1797, to March 3, 1801. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1800. He served as treasurer of Essex County in 1812. He was again appointed high sheriff of Essex County on June 20, 1812, and served until his death. He was a delegate to the [[Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1820–1821]].
== Death and interment ==
He died on September 9, 1830, in Haverhill, Massachusetts, and is buried in Pentucket Cemetery, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts.
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