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'''Dewey Follett Bartlett, Sr.''' (March 28, 1919    March 1, 1979) was [[Republican Party|Republican [[U.S. Senator]] from 1973 to 1979 and [[governor]] of his adopted state of [[Oklahoma]] from 1967 to 1971. He moved to [[Tulsa]] in 1945.

'''Dewey Follett Bartlett, Sr.''' (March 28, 1919    March 1, 1979) was [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[U.S. Senator]] from 1973 to 1979 and [[governor]] of his adopted state of [[Oklahoma]] from 1967 to 1971. He moved to [[Tulsa]] in 1945.

Bartlett was the second Republican governor since statehood in 1909 and the first [[Roman Catholic]] to hold the position. In the 1966 gubernatorial [[general election]], he defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] nominee, Preston Jay Moore (1920-2004)), an attorney from [[Oklahoma City]]. In 1970, however, Bartlett was narrowly unseated in his quest for a second term by another Democrat, David Hall (1930-2016), who polled 338,338 votes to Bartlett's 336,157. Bartlett was the first Oklahoma governor eligible to seek reelection.

Bartlett was the second Republican governor since statehood in 1909 and the first [[Roman Catholic]] to hold the position. In the 1966 gubernatorial [[general election]], he defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] nominee, Preston Jay Moore (1920-2004)), an attorney from [[Oklahoma City]]. In 1970, however, Bartlett was narrowly unseated in his quest for a second term by another Democrat, David Hall (1930-2016), who polled 338,338 votes to Bartlett's 336,157. Bartlett was the first Oklahoma governor eligible to seek reelection.

In 1972, helped by the coattails of [[U.S. President]] [[Richard M. Nixon]], who carried Oklahoma three times or President and twice for Vice President, 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 or President and twice for Vice President, 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>Bob Burke, "Bartlett, Dewey Follett (1919-1979," ''The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture.''

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>

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>