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Mar 28, 1919 Marietta, Ohio, United States Died on 01 Mar 1979 (aged 59)
(1919-1979) US politician
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About Dewey F. Bartlett
- Dewey Follett Bartlett Sr.
- (March 28, 1919 – March 1, 1979) was an American politician who served as the 19th Governor of Oklahoma from 1967 to 1971, following his same-party Republican predecessor, Henry Bellmon.
- In 1966, he became the first Roman Catholic elected governor of Oklahoma, defeating the Democratic nominee, Preston Moore of Oklahoma City.
- He was defeated for reelection in 1970 by Tulsa attorney David Hall in the closest election in state history.
- He was elected to the United States Senate in 1972 and served one term.
- In 1978, he was diagnosed with lung cancer and did not run for reelection that year.
- He died of the disease in 1979.
