The Biographical Dictionary of America/Bartlett, Ichabod

​BARTLETT, Ichabod, lawyer, was born at Salisbury, N.H., July 24, 1786. He was graduated at Dartmouth in 1808, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1811, and commenced practice in Durham, N.H. He removed to Portsmouth, N.H., in 1816, and rapidly rose to distinction, being frequently successful in cases in which Daniel Webster or Jeremiah Mason was the opposing counsel. He held a number of public offices; was clerk of the state senate (1817-'18); state representative (1820-'21); speaker of the state house of representatives (1821); state solicitor for Rockingham county (1819-'21); a representative in the 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st national congresses; and again a state representative in 1830, 1851, and 1852. In 1825 he declined the appointment of chief justice of the newly established New Hampshire court of common pleas, and in 1832 he was defeated in the election for the governorship on the Whig ticket. He was a member of the convention which in 1850 revised the state constitution. His death occurred at Portsmouth, N.H., Oct. 19, 1853.

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