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|succeeded=David Boren

|succeeded=David Boren

|office2=19th [[Governor]] of Oklahoma

|office2=19th [[Governor]] of Oklahoma

|term_start2= January 9, 1967

|term_start2=January 9, 1967

|term_end2= January 11, 1971

|term_end2=January 11, 1971

|lieutenant_governor2=George Nigh

|lieutenant_governor2=George Nigh

|preceded2= [[Henry Bellmon]]

|preceded2= [[Henry Bellmon]]

|term_end=1966

|term_end=1966

|birth_date=March 28, 1919

|birth_date=March 28, 1919

|birth_place=Marietta, [<br>

|birth_place=Marietta, [Ohio]]<br>

(aged 59)

(aged 59)

|death_caus=[[Lung cancer]]

|death_caus=[[Lung cancer]]

|death_place=[[Tulsa]], Oklahoma

|death_place=[[Tulsa]], Oklahoma

|resting_place=Calvary Cemetery in Tulsa

|resting_place=Calvary Cemetery in Tulsa

|occupation=[[Oil]]man, [[farmer]], rancher

|occupation=[[Oil]]man, [[farmer]], rancher

|spouse=Ann Chilton Smith Bartlett

|spouse=Ann Chilton Smith Bartlett (married 1945-1979, his death). She was later Ann Burke after the passing of Senator Bartlett.

|children=[Dewey F. Bartlett Jr.

|children=Dewey F. Bartlett Jr.

|party= [[Republican Party|Republican]]

|party= [[Republican Party|Republican]]

|alma_mater=[[Princeton University]]

|alma_mater=[[Princeton University]]

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 (1925-1971). 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''</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 (1925-1971). 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''</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>

Born in Marietta, [[Ohio]]. Bartlett graduated in 1942 from [[Princeton University]] in [[New Jersey]], with an undergraduate degree in geological engineering. 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>

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]]. He met his wife, the former Ann Chilton Smith (1920-2013), known as Ann Burke in her second marriage, while he was stationed in [[California]]. 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>  

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]]. He met his wife, the former Ann Chilton Smith (1920-2013), known as Ann Burke in her second marriage, while he was stationed in [[California]]. 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>