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Bartlett, Charles L

lawyer, jurist, legislator, congressman, was born Jan. 31, 1853, in Monticello, Ga. He removed from Monticello to Macon, Ga., in 1875, and has resided in Macon since then; was educated in the schools at Monticello, the university of Georgia, and the university of Virginia; and graduated at the university of Georgia in August, 1870. He studied law at the university of Virginia and was admitted to the bar in August, 1872. He was appointed solicitor-general (prosecuting attorney) for the Macon judicial court Jan. 31, 1877, and served in that capacity until Jan. 31, 1881; was elected to the house of representatives of Georgia in 1882-83, and again in 1884-85, and to the state senate in 1889.

He was elected judge of the superior court of the Macon circuit in 1893; and was elected to the fifty-fourth and fiftyfifth congresses.