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{{short description|Democratic U.S. Senator from Alaska}}
{{Similar names|Edward Bartlett (disambiguation)|Robert Bartlett (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name         = Bob Bartlett
|image        = E.L. Bob Bartlett Official Portrait.jpg
|caption = Bartlett in 1954
|jr/sr        = United States
|state        = [[Alaska]]
|term_start   = January 3, 1959
|term_end     = December 11, 1968
|predecessor  = [[William A. Egan]] ([[Shadow congressperson|Shadow Senator]])
|successor    = [[Ted Stevens]]
|office1      = Delegate to the<br>[[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]]<br>from [[Alaska Territory|Alaska]]'s [[Alaska Territory's at-large congressional district|at-large]] district
|term_start1  = January 3, 1945
|term_end1    = January 3, 1959
|predecessor1 = [[Anthony Dimond]]
|successor1   = [[Ralph Julian Rivers|Ralph Rivers]] (Representative)
|office2 = [[Lieutenant Governor of Alaska|Secretary of Alaska Territory]]
|governor2 = [[John Weir Troy]]<br />[[Ernest Gruening]]
|term_start2 = January 30, 1939
|term_end2 = February 6, 1944
|birth_name   = Edward Lewis Bartlett 
|birth_date   = {{birth date|1904|4|20}}
|birth_place  = [[Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], U.S.
|death_date   = {{death date and age|1968|12|11|1904|4|20}}
|death_place  = [[Cleveland]], [[Ohio]], U.S.
|party        = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|spouse       = Vide Gaustad
|children = 2<ref name="snacc" />
|relatives = [[Burke Riley]] (son-in-law)
|education    = [[University of Washington|University of Washington, Seattle]]<br>[[University of Alaska Fairbanks|University of Alaska, Fairbanks]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
}}
'''Edward Lewis''' "'''Bob'''" '''Bartlett'''  (April 20, 1904 &ndash; December 11, 1968), was an American politician and a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. He served as a U.S. Senator. A key fighter for Alaska statehood, Bartlett served as the [[Lieutenant Governor of Alaska|Secretary of Alaska Territory]] from 1939 to 1945, as Alaska's delegate in Congress from 1945 to 1959, and as a U.S. senator from 1959 until his death in 1968. He was opposed to U.S. involvement in Vietnam, along with his fellow Senator [[Ernest Gruening]], and also worked to warn people about the dangers of radiation. Many acts bear his name, including a major law known as the Bartlett Act, mandating handicap access in all federally funded buildings.<ref name="alaskabob">{{cite web|url=https://www.alaska.edu/uapress/browse/detail/bob-bartlett-of-alaska.php|title=Bob Bartlett of Alaska|access-date=2022-04-29}}</ref>

In 1939, President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] appointed him Secretary of the [[Territory of Alaska|Alaska Territory]], serving under Governors [[John Weir Troy]] and [[Ernest Gruening]].<ref name="notable" /><ref name="histo" /> In 1945, following the retirement of [[Anthony Dimond]], Bartlett was elected as the delegate from Alaska to the 79th and the six succeeding Congresses, with the backing of Dimond.<ref name="notable" /> It was in this role that his greatest work on Alaskan statehood was completed, such as the introduction of the [[Alaska Statehood Act]] to the [[United States House of Representatives|House]], where he was key in shepherding its passage.<ref name="notable" /> Bartlett labored constantly for statehood, being a member of the Alaska Statehood Committee.

Upon Alaska's admission to the Union in 1959, he became the senior inaugural U.S. senator from Alaska and served until his death in 1968.

==Early life==
[[File:E.L. Bob Bartlett and Joe R. Farrington.jpeg|300px|thumb|left|Bartlett with Hawaii Delegate [[Joseph Rider Farrington|Joe Farrington]] in 1950.]]
Bartlett was born in [[Seattle|Seattle, Washington]], as Edward Lewis Bartlett, to Edward C. and Ida Florence (''née'' Doverspike) Bartlett.<ref name="geni">{{cite web|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Bob-Bartlett-US-Senator/6000000032982042946|title=Bob Bartlett, US Senator - Geni|access-date=2022-04-28}}</ref> Bartlett's elder sister, Doris, insisted on calling the young Bartlett 'Bob', which became a name that stuck for life.<ref name="notable">{{cite web|url=https://www.alaska.edu/uajourney/notable-people/fairbanks/bob-bartlett/|title=Bob Bartlett|access-date=2022-05-05}}</ref> After attending the [[University of Washington]] from 1922 to 1924, Bartlett graduated from the [[University of Alaska Fairbanks|University of Alaska]] in 1925.

==Career==
[[File:Bob Bartlett on the USS Midway.jpg|225px|thumb|left|Bartlett on the [[USS Midway (CV-41)|USS ''Midway'']]]]
Shortly after his graduation, Bartlett began his career in politics. A reporter for the ''[[Fairbanks Daily News Miner|Fairbanks Daily News]]'' from 1924 until 1933,<ref name="notable" /> he accepted the position of secretary to Delegate [[Anthony Dimond]] of [[Alaska]], serving in that role for a year. Three years later, he became the chairman of the Unemployment Compensation Commission of Alaska, serving from 1937 to 1939.<ref name="histo">{{cite web|url=https://history.house.gov/People/Detail/9032?ret=True|title=BARTLETT, Edward Lewis (Bob)|access-date=2022-05-05}}</ref><ref name="bio">{{cite web|url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/B000201|title=BARTLETT, Edward Lewis (Bob) 1904 – 1968|access-date=2022-05-14}}</ref>

Bartlett's father died in 1935, so he returned to Fairbanks to run his family's mining business. However, Bartlett wasn't a big fan of mining and looked back to the political arena in 1938.<ref name="notable" />

On January 30, 1939, President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] appointed him secretary of the [[Territory of Alaska|Alaska Territory]], serving under Governors [[John Weir Troy]] in 1939 and [[Ernest Gruening]] from 1939 to 1944.<ref name="notable" /><ref name="histo" /> Bartlett served as acting Governor multiple times, such as during the opening of the [[Alaska Highway|Alaska-Canada Highway]].<ref name="cap">{{cite web|url=http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/BARTLETT/bartbio.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970430070348/http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/BARTLETT/bartbio.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 30, 1997|title=Biography: The "Unveiling" of Senator Bartlett|access-date=2022-05-03}}</ref>

In 1945, following the retirement of [[Anthony Dimond]], Bartlett was elected as the delegate from Alaska to the 79th and the six succeeding Congresses, with the backing of Dimond.<ref name="notable" /> It was in this capacity that his greatest work on Alaskan statehood was completed, such as the introduction of the [[Alaska Statehood Act]] to the [[United States House of Representatives|House]].<ref name="notable" /> Continuing his civic service, he was president of the Alaska Tuberculosis Association and served as a member of the Alaska War Council, from 1942 to 1944.<ref name="histo" /><ref name="bio" />

Bartlett labored constantly for statehood, being a member of the Alaska Statehood Committee. Bartlett, as delegate, was the one who introduced the [[Alaska Statehood Act]] into Congress, being key in shepherding its passage.

Upon Alaska's admission to the Union in 1959, Bartlett became the senior inaugural U.S. senator from Alaska, along with junior Senator [[Ernest Gruening]], with their senior-junior status determined by a coin flip.<ref name="junior" /><ref name="washington" /> Bartlett served in this role until his death in office in 1968. He was succeeded by State Representative [[Ted Stevens]], appointed by [[Walter Hickel|Governor Hickel]], who had lost the [[1968 United States Senate election in Alaska|Republican primary for Alaska's other Senate seat]] that year to former [[Mayor of Anchorage|Anchorage Mayor]] [[Elmer Rasmuson]]. Stevens had also previously been the [[1962 United States Senate election in Alaska|1962 Republican nominee]].

Bartlett possessed the reputation of a quiet man of achievement. The [[Library of Congress]] estimates that he had more bills passed into law than any other member in congressional history.<ref name="cap" /> Before statehood, he was writing legislation (sponsored by other congressional representatives), such as the [[Alaska Mental Health Enabling Act]] of 1956. Some of his bills included the Radiation Safety Bill and the Bartlett Act, requiring all federally funded buildings to be accessible to disabled people.<ref name="histo" />

=== Career as a U.S. senator ===

Bartlett was elected as one of Alaska's inaugural Senators along with former Territorial Governor [[Ernest Gruening]] in [[1958 United States Senate elections in Alaska|1958]]. On account of his service as a Delegate, Bartlett was nominated as the senior U.S. senator, a decision that upset Gruening, who challenged this; it led to a coinflip. Bartlett won the coinflip, which ended the dispute. A rivalry with Gruening made Bartlett nickname his colleague 'Junior' for the rest of his life.<ref name="junior">{{cite news|url=https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2021/10/31/for-alaskas-2-first-senators-an-epic-battle-of-ego-came-down-to-a-coin-flip/|title=For Alaska's first senators, an epic battle of ego came down to a coin flip|date=November 1, 2021|newspaper=Juneau Empire|accessdate=2022-04-27}}</ref><ref name="notable" />

A member of Bartlett's staff, [[David Price (American politician)|David Price]], later became a U.S. Representative from North Carolina.

In the [[1968 United States Senate election in Alaska|1968 Senate race]], Bartlett's long-time colleague Ernest Gruening was defeated in the Democratic primary by [[Mike Gravel]], former speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives. In the general election, Gruening and his supporters launched a write-in campaign against Gravel and the Republican nominee, former [[List of mayors of Anchorage, Alaska|Anchorage mayor]] [[Elmer E. Rasmuson|Elmer Rasumson]], who had defeated [[1962 United States Senate election in Alaska|1962]] nominee [[Ted Stevens]] in their primary. Gruening fully expected Bartlett's endorsement in the race, as they had worked together for nearly three decades. But in an official statement, Bartlett stated "On August 27th, Alaskans in the primary election chose Mike Gravel as Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate over Ernest Gruening. The voters spoke." Bartlett went on to say, "I have put personal considerations aside in this decision. The time comes when a man must speak out. I speak out now! I support the Democratic majority. I support Mike Gravel." Gruening was devastated, and was mystified why Bartlett had endorsed Gravel over him.<ref name="washington" >{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-u1dozUM8Q|title=Mr Alaska: Bob Bartlett Goes to Washington|website=[[YouTube]]|access-date=2022-05-28}}</ref>

=== 1964 Alaska earthquake ===
Following the [[1964 Alaska earthquake]], Bartlett was part of the inspection team, and he contributed to efforts to rebuild [[Anchorage]], along with Governor [[Bill Egan]], Representative [[Ralph Rivers]] and Senator Gruening.<ref name="first" /> Bartlett & Gruening came into Alaska on [[Air Force One]], thanks to [[Edward McDermott]], Director of the Office of Emergency Planning. President [[Lyndon B. Johnson|Johnson]] declared Alaska a 'major disaster area'. Bartlett and Gruening reported the damage back to Johnson, where he sent federal aid.<ref name="washington" />

=== Fight for Alaskan Statehood===
[[File:Celebrating alaska statehood.jpg|300px|thumb|left|Bartlett, (bottom, third from right), celebrating Alaska Statehood next to a 49-star U.S. Flag, held by [[Robert Atwood]].]]
[[File:Alaskan Senators with 49 Star Flag.jpg|325px|thumb|right|Bartlett and [[Ernest Gruening]] hold the 49-star U.S. flag after the admission of Alaska as the 49th state.]]
Bartlett first introduced the Alaska Statehood Act in 1947, although the bill was defeated.<ref name="snacc" />

Bartlett re-introduced the Alaska Statehood Act in 1950, with the backing of President [[Harry Truman]],<ref name="notable" /> although, after passing the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] by a 40-vote margin, it was killed in committee in the [[United States Senate|Senate]]. Bartlett remained unfazed, and he called on Alaskans to join his fight for statehood. Alaskans responded with the 1956 constitutional convention, which elected Shadow U.S. Senators [[William A. Egan]] and [[Ernest Gruening]], as well as Shadow U.S. Representative [[Ralph Rivers]], all sworn in on October 6, 1956. The convention also created a state constitution for Alaska. The shadow Congressmen's main goal was to request or demand Alaskan statehood from the U.S. Congress. The Convention drew national attention to the fight for Alaskan Statehood.<ref name="washington" /> With the pressure from the convention and Bartlett, of whom members of Congress were very fond,<ref name="washington" /> congressmen and other federal politicians rapidly switched their opinions, most notably [[Sam Rayburn]], the powerful Speaker of the House, Senate Majority Leader [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], and President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]], all of whom had been courted by Bartlett, after previous opposition.<ref name="cap" /><ref name="notable" /><ref name="washington" />

Bartlett was assisted by numerous Alaskans, such as Territorial Governor [[Mike Stepovich]], who was present at the House vote, former Territorial Governor [[Ernest Gruening]], and senior U.S. Department of the Interior official [[Ted Stevens]], who was (illegally) using the Interior's offices to lobby for statehood. After talking to Stevens in 1958, Bartlett remarked in a letter to a friend "At a guess, I should say that many taxpayers' dollars are used for telephone calls to the Interior Department from Alaska and vice versa on matters more political than executive."<ref name="notable" />

In 1958, the [[Alaska Statehood Act|bill for Alaska Statehood]] was reintroduced, backed by Eisenhower, Johnson, and Rayburn. The main opponents of the bill were Republicans and Southern Democrats. Republicans feared that Alaska, a Democratic-leaning state, would elect Democrats to Congress. Southern Democrats feared that Alaska, a state with a high native population and that had passed one of the [[Alaska Equal Rights Act of 1945|first laws against discrimination]], would elect pro-civil rights Senators.<ref name="cap" />

The bill would pass the House in April 1958,<ref name="cap" /> and defeat competition from powerful Virginia Representative and Chair of the House Rules Committee, [[Howard W. Smith]], as well as Washington Representative [[Thomas Pelly]]. Bartlett used a powerful procedure, which had been omitted shortly after 1912 because Congress did not plan to add any more states after [[Arizona]]. However, the Library of Congress found that the procedure had never been formally abolished. The procedure would have allowed every single Representative to speak on the floor for an hour. Facing the possibility of more than 400 hours of debate, Smith and the other Representatives who were in opposition all backed down.<ref name="washington" /> Bartlett was key in shepherding the bill through the Senate, where it passed on June 30, 1958, by a vote of 64–20. Following this, the chamber broke into applause. Bartlett missed this, as he held the promise that he would call back home to Alaska if the bill passed. Bartlett was in his office, calling Alaskans, for most of the night.<ref name="washington" />

President Eisenhower would sign the bill on July 7, 1958, and after the [[1958 United States Senate elections in Alaska|November 25th 1958 elections]], in which nearly 80% of eligible Alaskans voted, Bartlett would be elected U.S. Senator, defeating [[R.E. Robertson]]. Bartlett would be inaugurated on January 3, 1959, the day that Alaska became a state.<ref name="cap" /> Bartlett's part in the Alaska Statehood Act was large, with Sam Rayburn summing up his change in opinion with: "Two words. Bob Bartlett."

== Personal life ==
=== Death ===
Bartlett was a heavy smoker throughout his life, and his health started to fail in the months leading up to his death, with Bartlett receiving treatment for heart ailments. His health failures, despite Bartlett's good spirits, became obvious in campaign ads for Gravel. Eventually, Bartlett and his family decided to get a [[coronary bypass surgery]] performed. After the surgery, Bartlett went into [[cardiac arrest]] multiple times, but he eventually started to slowly improve, before beginning to decline again.<ref name="washington" /> On December 11, 1968, at the age of 64, Bartlett died following the surgery at Cleveland Clinic Hospital in [[Cleveland, Ohio]].<ref name="first">{{cite news|url=https://www.adn.com/opinions/2018/12/20/alaskas-first-us-senator-did-more-for-the-state-than-alaskans-remember/|title=Alaska's first U.S. senator did more for the state than Alaskans remember|date=December 20, 2018|newspaper=Juneau Empire|accessdate=2022-04-27}}</ref><ref name="washington" />

Bartlett died on the same day that Governor [[Walter Hickel]] was announced as President-elect [[Richard Nixon]]'s nominee for U.S. Secretary of the Interior. However, the passing of a new law in the [[Alaska State Legislature]] let Hickel appoint a Senator from either political party. Bartlett was aware of that, and before the surgery, he left a notice to his physician reading, "Don't let your scalpel slip, because the law has changed, and the current Governor, Hickel, will appoint a Republican in my place."<ref name="washington" /> That made Hickel appoint the Republican nominee for the [[1962 United States Senate election in Alaska|1962 U.S. Senate race]], Alaskan statehood activist & former senior executive official [[Ted Stevens]] to the seat. Stevens would serve for the following 40 years, serving as [[President pro tempore of the United States Senate|President pro tempore]].<ref name="notable" />

Bartlett's funeral was held on December 14.<ref name="snacc" /> He was [[Burial|buried]] in Northern Lights Memorial Park, [[Fairbanks, Alaska]].<ref name="notable" /><ref name="histo" /><ref name="bio" /><ref name="cap" /> Bartlett staffer and state senator Joe Josephson reported that "In some funerals, you feel like people are there out of duty, or to show the flag, however, with Bartlett, it really felt like a friend was lost."<ref name="washington" />

===Family===
On August 14, 1930,<ref name="snacc">{{cite web|url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6qn6n8m|title=Bartlett, Edward Lewis, 1904-1968|access-date=2022-05-14}}</ref> Bartlett married his long-time companion and childhood friend, Vide Gaustad, the daughter of local newspaperman & miner O.P. Gaustad, who was politically active. Their marriage was witnessed by Territorial Senator (and later territorial delegate to the U.S. House) [[Anthony Dimond]], who helped Bartlett further his political career.<ref name="notable" />

Bartlett's daughter, Doris Ann Bartlett, was a literature teacher at the [[University of Alaska Fairbanks]].<ref name="notable" /> She also served as the UAF's librarian for the 1956 Alaska Constitutional Convention. She was born February 7, 1934,<ref name="snacc" /> and she died in 2015.<ref name="centennial">{{cite web|url=https://uaf.edu/centennial/uaf100/bartlett.php|title=Bob Bartlett|access-date=2022-05-05}}</ref>

Bartlett had another daughter, Susie Bernice Bartlett, on December 9, 1940.<ref name="snacc" />

=== Legacy ===
[[File:Bartlett Bust.PNG|250px|thumb|right|A picture of a bust of Bartlett on May 6, 1969. L-R: Congressman [[Howard Wallace Pollock|Howard Pollock]], Senator [[Ted Stevens]], Vide Bartlett, Senator [[Mike Gravel]], Senator [[Warren Magnuson]].]]
On March 27, 1971, the state of [[Alaska]] commissioned [[Felix de Weldon]] to create a [[Statue of Bob Bartlett|bronze statue of Bartlett]] which resides in the [[National Statuary Hall Collection]] at the [[United States Capitol]]. The unveiling ceremony was opened by Alaska's senior U.S. Senator & Bartlett's successor, [[Ted Stevens]]. U.S. Senator from Washington [[Warren Magnuson]], Rev. [[Edward L.R. Elson]], U.S. Senator [[Mike Gravel]], U.S. Representative [[Nick Begich Sr.|Nick Begich]], and Lieutenant Governor [[H.A. Boucher|Red Boucher]] all spoke at the unveiling. Magnuson, in tribute, referred to Bartlett as Alaska's "Founding Father", while Rev. Elson praised Bartlett's "high vision, lofty idealism, prodigious energy and sacrificial devotion.", as well as lauding his "enduring statesmanship", and his many legislative & executive achievements.<ref name="cap" />

A substantial number of buildings, place names and more have been named after Bartlett in Alaska over the years. The most notable of these include [[Bartlett Regional Hospital]] (originally St. Ann's Hospital, and known for a time as Bartlett Memorial Hospital), the [[hospital]] serving [[Juneau, Alaska]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Accumulated Fragments - Bartlett: the stories behind the name|url=http://juneauempire.com/stories/111410/nei_736112880.shtml|newspaper=[[Juneau Empire]]|date=November 14, 2010|access-date=July 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710141743/http://juneauempire.com/stories/111410/nei_736112880.shtml#.VZ4NshtViko|archive-date=July 10, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> as well as [[Bartlett High School (Anchorage, Alaska)|Bartlett High School]] in Anchorage and Bartlett Hall at the [[University of Alaska Fairbanks]].

== Electoral history ==

===As delegate===
{{See also|List of United States representatives from Alaska}}

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! rowspan=2 | District
! colspan=3 | Incumbent
! colspan=2 | This race (1944)

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! Representative
! Party
! First elected
! Results
! Candidates

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| {{ushr|Alaska Territory|AL|X}}
| [[Anthony Dimond]]
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
| [[1932 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska Territory|1932]]
| {{Party shading/Hold}} | Incumbent retired to become a judge.<br/>New member [[1944 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska Territory|elected]] September 13, 1944.<br/>Democratic hold.
| nowrap | {{Plainlist|
* {{Aye}} '''Bob Bartlett''' (Democratic) 65.84%
* [[John E. Manders]] (Republican) 34.16%<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=247211|title = Our Campaigns - AK Delegate Race - Sep 13, 1944}}</ref>
}}

|}

{| class=wikitable

|-
! rowspan=2 | District
! colspan=3 | Incumbent
! colspan=2 | This race (1946)

|-
! Representative
! Party
! First elected
! Results
! Candidates

|-
| {{ushr|Alaska Territory|AL|X}}
| Bob Bartlett
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
| [[1944 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska Territory|1944]]
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap | {{Plainlist|
* {{Aye}} '''Bob Bartlett''' (Democratic) 70.29%
* [[Almer J. Peterson]] (Republican) 29.71%<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=247212 |title = Our Campaigns - AK Delegate Race - Nov 05, 1946}}</ref>
}}

|}

{| class=wikitable

|-
! rowspan=2 | District
! colspan=3 | Incumbent
! colspan=2 | This race (1948)

|-
! Representative
! Party
! First elected
! Results
! Candidates

|-
| {{ushr|Alaska Territory|AL|X}}
| Bob Bartlett
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
| [[1944 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska Territory|1944]]
| Incumbent re-elected.
| {{Plainlist | 
* {{Aye}} '''Bob Bartlett''' (Democratic) 78.53%
* [[R. H. Stock]] (Republican) 21.47%<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=247213|title = Our Campaigns - AK Delegate Race - Nov 02, 1948}}</ref>
}}

|}

{| class=wikitable

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! rowspan=2 | District
! colspan=3 | Incumbent
! colspan=2 | This race (1950)

|-
! Representative
! Party
! First elected
! Results
! Candidates

|-
| {{ushr|Alaska Territory|AL|X}}
| Bob Bartlett
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
| [[1944 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska Territory|1944]]
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap | {{Plainlist | 
* {{Aye}} '''Bob Bartlett''' (Democratic) 72.56%
* [[Almer J. Peterson]] (Republican) 27.44%<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=247214|title = Our Campaigns - AK Delegate Race - Nov 07, 1950}}</ref>
}}

|}

{| class=wikitable

|-
! rowspan=2 | District
! colspan=3 | Incumbent
! colspan=2 | This race (1952)

|-
! Representative
! Party
! First elected
! Results
! Candidates

|-
| {{ushr|Alaska Territory|AL|X}}
| Bob Bartlett
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
| [[1944 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska Territory|1944]]
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap | {{Plainlist | 
* {{Aye}} '''Bob Bartlett''' (Democratic) 56.62%
* [[Robert Campbell Reeve|Robert C. Reeve]] (Republican) 43.38%<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=247215|title=Our Campaigns - AK Delegate Race - Nov 04, 1952|website=www.ourcampaigns.com}}</ref>
}}

|}

{| class=wikitable

|-
! rowspan=2 | District
! colspan=3 | Incumbent
! colspan=2 | This race (1954)

|-
! Representative
! Party
! First elected
! Results
! Candidates

|-
| {{ushr|Alaska Territory|AL|X}}
| Bob Bartlett
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
| [[1944 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska Territory|1944]]
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap | {{Plainlist | 
* {{Aye}} '''Bob Bartlett''' (Democratic)<br>19,916 (73.77%)
* [[Barbara D. Dimock]] (Republican) <br>7,083 (26.23%)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=247216|title = Our Campaigns - AK Delegate Race - Nov 02, 1954}}</ref><ref>''Official Canvass of Results – Alaska General Election, Tuesday, October 12, 1954'', p.2. Juneau: Territory of Alaska, Territorial Canvassing Board. 1954.</ref>
}}

|}

{| class=wikitable

|-
! rowspan=2 | District
! colspan=3 | Incumbent
! colspan=2 | This race (1956)

|-
! Representative
! Party
! First elected
! Results
! Candidates

|-
| {{ushr|Alaska Territory|AL|X}}
| Bob Bartlett
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
| [[1944 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska Territory|1944]]
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap | {{Plainlist | 
* {{Aye}} '''Bob Bartlett''' (Democratic) 66.99%
* [[Byron A. Gillam]] (Republican) 33.01%<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=247217|title = Our Campaigns - AK Delegate Race - Nov 06, 1956}}</ref>
}}

|}

===As U.S. Senator===
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Democratic Party (US)
 | candidate  = Bob Bartlett
 | votes      = 40,939
 | percentage = 83.83%
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Republican Party (US)
 | candidate  = [[R. E. Robertson]]
 | votes      = 7,299
 | percentage = 14.95%
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 | party      = Independent (politician)
 | candidate  = Keith Capper (write-in)
 | votes      = 599
 | percentage = 1.23%
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{{Election box majority no change
 | votes      = 33,640
 | percentage = 68.88%
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 | votes      = 48,837
 | percentage =
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 | winner     = Democratic Party (US)
 | loser      =
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 | title=1960 U.S. Senate election in Alaska<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3267|title=Our Campaigns - AK US Senate Race - Nov 08, 1960|website=www.ourcampaigns.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url= http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1960election.pdf | title=Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1960 | author=[[Clerk of the United States House of Representatives]] | publisher=[[U.S. Government Printing Office]] | year=1961}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
 | party = Democratic Party (United States)
 | candidate = Bob Bartlett (inc.)
 | votes = 38,041
 | percentage = 63.43%
 | change = {{decrease}}20.40
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 | party = Republican Party (United States)
 | candidate = [[Lee McKinley]]
 | votes = 21,937
 | percentage = 36.58%
 | change = {{increase}}21.63
}}
{{Election box total no change
 | votes = 59,978
 | percentage = 100.00%
 }}
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{{Election box begin
 | title= 1966 U.S. Senate election in Alaska<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3266|title=Our Campaigns - AK US Senate Race - Nov 07, 1966|website=www.ourcampaigns.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url= http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1966election.pdf | title=Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1966 | author=[[Clerk of the United States House of Representatives]] | publisher=[[U.S. Government Printing Office]] | year=1967}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
 | party = Democratic Party (United States)
 | candidate = Bob Bartlett (inc.)
 | votes = 49,289
 | percentage = 75.54%
 | change = {{increase}}12.12
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 | party = Republican Party (United States)
 | candidate = [[Lee McKinley]]
 | votes = 15,961
 | percentage = 24.46%
 | change = {{decrease}}12.12
}}
{{Election box total no change
 | votes = 65,250
 | percentage = 100.00%
 }}
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==See also==
* [[List of members of the United States Congress who died in office (1950–1999)]]
* [[List of United States senators from Alaska]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{CongBio|B000201}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160309123223/http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/BARTLETT/bartbio.html The "Architect of Alaskan Statehood"]
*[http://www.bartletthospital.org Bartlett Regional Hospital home page]

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