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'''Josiah Bartlett''' (November 21, 1729 – May 19, 1795) was a delegate to the [[Constitutional Convention]] from the state of [[New Hampshire]]. A physician and member of the [[Continental Congress]] in 1775, 1776, and 1778, Bartlett was both a signer of the [[Articles of Confederation]] and the second signer of the [[Declaration of Independence]]. <ref>http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000206</ref>
'''Josiah Bartlett''' (November 21, 1729 – May 19, 1795) was a delegate to the [[Constitutional Convention]] from the state of [[New Hampshire]]. A physician and member of the [[Continental Congress]] in 1775, 1776, and 1778, Bartlett was both a signer of the [[Articles of Confederation]] and the second signer of the [[Declaration of Independence]]. <ref>http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000206</ref>
President Josiah Bartlet of the television series [[The West Wing]] was a fictional descendant of the historic Bartlett, and named after him. The series never explained why the second "t" was dropped from the family name.