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==Political life==

==Political life==

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. His predecessor [[Henry Bellmon]] waited twenty years after leaving office before his election once again in 1986.

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>