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In 1972, helped by the coattails of [[U.S. President]] [[Richard M. Nixon]], who carried Oklahoma three times, Bartlett was elected to the U.S. Senate to succeed the [[liberal]] firebrand Fred Roy Harris (born 1930), who did not seek reelection and ran unsuccessfully for President in the 1976 Democratic primaries. Bartlett defeated the Demcrratic nominee, then [[U.S. Representative]] Edmond Augustus "Ed" Edmondson  (1919-1990), the brother of former Governor J. Howard Edmondson. In 1978, Bartlett was diagnosed with [[lung cancer]] and did not run for reelection. He was succeeded by Democratic Governor David Lyle Boren (born 1941), later the president of the [[University of Oklahoma]].<ref name=eohc>{{cite web|url=http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/B/BA029.html|author=Bob Burke|title=Bartlett, Dewey Follett (1919-197|publisher=''The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''|accessdate=July 11, 2021.}}</ref>

In 1972, helped by the coattails of [[U.S. President]] [[Richard M. Nixon]], who carried Oklahoma three times, Bartlett was elected to the U.S. Senate to succeed the [[liberal]] firebrand Fred Roy Harris (born 1930), who did not seek reelection and ran unsuccessfully for President in the 1976 Democratic primaries. Bartlett defeated the Demcrratic nominee, then [[U.S. Representative]] Edmond Augustus "Ed" Edmondson  (1919-1990), the brother of former Governor J. Howard Edmondson. In 1978, Bartlett was diagnosed with [[lung cancer]] and did not run for reelection. He was succeeded by Democratic Governor David Lyle Boren (born 1941), later the president of the [[University of Oklahoma]].<ref name=eohc>{{cite web|url=http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/B/BA029.html|author=Bob Burke|title=Bartlett, Dewey Follett (1919-197|publisher=''The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''|accessdate=July 11, 2021.}}</ref>

Born in Marietta, [[Ohio]]. Bartlett graduated in 1942 from [[Princeton University]] in [[New Jersey]], with an undergraduate degree in geological engineerin. His senior thesis is entitled "Water-flooding an oil formation.''<ref>{{cite book|author=Dewey F Bartlett|url=https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/8008503|title=Water-flooding an oil formation|date=1942|publisher=Princeton University, Department of Geological Engineering|accessdate=July 11, 2021}}</ref>name=OKHS_bio>{{cite web|accessdate=July 11, 2021|url=http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=BA029

Born in Marietta, [[Ohio]]. Bartlett graduated in 1942 from [[Princeton University]] in [[New Jersey]], with an undergraduate degree in geological engineerin. His senior thesis is entitled ''Water-flooding an oil formation.''<ref>{{cite book|author=Dewey F Bartlett|url=https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/8008503|title=Water-flooding an oil formation|date=1942|publisher=Princeton University, Department of Geological Engineering|accessdate=July 11, 2021}}</ref><ref

 

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|title=Bartlett, Dewey Follett (1919-1979)|publisher=Oklahoma Historical Society}}</ref> After Princeton, Bartlett enlisted first in the [[United States Navy]] but transferred  to the [[U.S. Marine Corps]]. He was a dive bomber in the Pacific theater of operations in [[World War II]].<ref name=OKHS_bio/> After the war, he moved to Tulsa and inherited Keener Oil and Gas Company from his father, David A. Bartlett. He was also involved in [[farming]] and ranching.

|title=Bartlett, Dewey Follett (1919-1979)|publisher=Oklahoma Historical Society}}</ref> After Princeton, Bartlett enlisted first in the [[United States Navy]] but transferred  to the [[U.S. Marine Corps]]. He was a dive bomber in the Pacific theater of operations in [[World War II]].<ref name=OKHS_bio/> After the war, he moved to Tulsa and inherited Keener Oil and Gas Company from his father, David A. Bartlett. He was also involved in [[farming]] and ranching.

As governor, he pushed for reforms in the state Department of Corrections, school consolidation in mostly in [[rural]] areas, and vetoed a school code bill.<ref>Geneva Johnston Hudson, ''Statesman or Rogue: Elected to Serve'' (AuthorHouse, 2005), ISBN|1-4208-2503-8.</ref>

As governor, he pushed for reforms in the state Department of Corrections, school consolidation in mostly in [[rural]] areas, and vetoed a school code bill.<ref>Geneva Johnston Hudson, ''Statesman or Rogue: Elected to Serve'' (AuthorHouse, 2005), ISBN|1-4208-2503-8.</ref>

Two months after retiring from the U.S. Senate, Bartlett died in Tulsa from complications of [[lung cancer]]. He is interred there at  Calvary Cemetery. In 1990, he was inducted into the Oklahoma CareerTech Hall of Fame.<ref{{cite web|url=http://www.okcareertech.org/about/foundation/hall-of-fame/inductees/governor-dewey-bartlett|title=Gov. Dewey Bartle|publisher=Oklahoma CareerTech Hall of Fame|accessed April 22, 2014}}</ref> In 2006, the U.S. Congress Post Office in Tulsa in his memory.

Two months after retiring from the U.S. Senate, Bartlett died in Tulsa from complications of [[lung cancer]]. He is interred there at  Calvary Cemetery. In 1990, he was inducted into the Oklahoma CareerTech Hall of Fame.<re>{{cite web|url=http://www.okcareertech.org/about/foundation/hall-of-fame/inductees/governor-dewey-bartlett|title=Gov. Dewey Bartle|publisher=Oklahoma CareerTech Hall of Fame|accessed April 22, 2014}}</ref> In 2006, the U.S. Congress named the Post Office in Tulsa in his memory.

On April 2, 1945, Bartlett married the former Ann Chilton Smith (1920-2013), known as Ann Burke in her second marriage. She was a native of [[Seattle]], [[Washington]]. The ceremony was held at the Roman Catholic Mission San Juan Capistrano in [[California]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Tim Stanley|url=http://newsok.com/ann-bartlett-former-first-lady-dies-at-92/article/374975|title=Ann Bartlett, former first lady, dies at 92|publisher=''The Tulsa World''|date=January 27, 2013|accessdate=July 11, 2021}}</ref> They had three children, Dewey, Jr., Joan Chilton Bartlett Atkinson, and Michael H. Bartlett.<ref name=eohc/>

On April 2, 1945, Bartlett married the former Ann Chilton Smith (1920-2013), known as Ann Burke in her second marriage. She was a native of [[Seattle]], [[Washington]]. The ceremony was held at the Roman Catholic Mission San Juan Capistrano in [[California]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Tim Stanley|url=http://newsok.com/ann-bartlett-former-first-lady-dies-at-92/article/374975|title=Ann Bartlett, former first lady, dies at 92|publisher=''The Tulsa World''|date=January 27, 2013|accessdate=July 11, 2021}}</ref> They had three children, Dewey, Jr., Joan Chilton Bartlett Atkinson, and Michael H. Bartlett.<ref name=eohc/>