George Arthur Bartlett (November 30, 1869 – June 1, 1951) was a

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from

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He moved with his parents to

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, Eureka County and attended the common schools. His marriage to Pearl Bartlett resulted in four children, including pilot, editor, and poet

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. Bartlett received a law degree from

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in 1894 and was accepted to the Nevada

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. He served

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of Eureka County in 1889 and 1890. He was elected as a Democrat to the Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses (March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1911) and did not seek re-election in 1910. After serving in Congress, he resumed the practice of law in Reno. He was appointed United States assistant district attorney for the District of Nevada on March 3, 1915, and served until March 30, 1918. Between 1918 and 1931 Bartlett served as a judge in the Nevada state court system, after which he resumed the private practice of law. During his time on the bench he granted over 20,000 divorces, including those for

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, and

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earning him the nickname "the divorce judge". He later wrote a book called ''Men, Women and Conflict'' based on this experience which was edited by his daughter Margaret. Published in 1931, it was re-issued in 1947 as ''Is Marriage Necessary?''. He authored several books and was interred in Mountain View Cemetery in Reno upon his death.

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A Guide to the Papers of George A. Bartlett, NC1253
Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Reno.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bartlett, George A. 1869 births 1951 deaths Nevada state court judges Writers from San Francisco Writers from Nevada Politicians from San Francisco People from Eureka, Nevada Georgetown University Law Center alumni Assistant United States attorneys District attorneys in Nevada Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Nevada People from Tonopah, Nevada 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives

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