Edward Lewis "Bob" Bartlett, journalist, miner and prominent democratic politician, was a reporter and associate editor of the Fairbanks "News-Miner," secretary to congressional delegate Anthony J. Dimond, gold miner in the Circle District, Secretary of Alaska, Delegate to Congress and one of Alaska's first U.S. Senators.
From the description of E. L. "Bob" Bartlett papers, 1938-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 42065229
Edward Lewis "Bob" Bartlett, journalist, miner and prominent Democratic politician, was a reporter and associate editor of the Fairbanks "News-Miner," secretary to congressional delegate Anthony J. Dimond, gold miner in the Circle District, Secretary of Alaska, Delegate to Congress and Alaska's first U.S. Senator.
From the description of E. L. "Bob" Bartlett Papers, 1924-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 309412788
1904
Born Edward Lewis on April 20 in Seattle, Washington to Edward
and Ida (Doverspike) Bartlett.
1922
Graduated from Fairbanks High School.
1922
1925
Attended University of Washington, Seattle; University of
California, Los Angeles, and Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines,
Fairbanks (Which later became the University of Alaska Fairbanks).
1924
38
Intermittently a reporter and associate editor, Fairbanks
Daily News- Miner.
1930
Married Vide Marie Gaustad, August 14 in Valdez,
Alaska
1933
1934
Hired as secretary to Alaska's Delegate to Congress, Anthony
J. Dimond, Washington, D.C.
1934
Daughter, Doris Ann, born February 7 in Washington,
D.C.
1934
1938
Intermittently spent summers as a gold miner at Independence
Creek in the Circle Mining District, Alaska
1935
1936
Assistant Territorial Director, Federal Housing
Administration, Juneau, Alaska.
1937
Public Director, Social Security Board, Juneau,
Alaska.
1937
Information Service Representative, Social Security System,
Juneau, Alaska.
1937
1939
Appointed Chairman Alaska's Unemployment Compensation
Commission, Juneau, Alaska.
1939
1944
Appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as secretary of
Alaska under Governors John W. Troy and Ernest Gruening, Juneau,
Alaska.
1940
Daughter, Susie Bernice, born December 9 in Juneau,
Alaska.
1942
Officiated at ribbon cutting ceremony for opening of
Alaska/Canada Highway November 20, Soldier's Summit above Kluane Lake, Yukon
Territory.
1943
Declined Selective Service offer of captaincy because of low
pay. His contribution to the war effort was in the form of political
service.
1944
1959
Elected as Alaska's non-voting Delegate to Congress,
Washington, D.C.
1947
Introduced his first statehood bill to Congress January
3.
1949
Appointed ex-officio member of newly formed Alaska Statehood
Committee. This committee responsible for preparation of constitutional
convention and the transition from territory to statehood.
1959
President Eisenhower signed the proclamation officially
admitting Alaska as the forty-ninth state of the Union. Bartlett acknowledged
as "architect of Alaska statehood."
1960
Awarded honorary L.L.D. from University of Alaska
1968
Honored "Alaskan of the Year" March 29. Died December 11 in
Cleveland, Ohio hospital. Funeral service December 14 in Fairbanks,
Alaska.
1969
Statue unveiled in Statuary Hall, Capital Rotunda, Washington,
D.C., May 6.
From the guide to the E.L. "Bob" Bartlett Papers, 1924-1970, (University of Alaska Fairbanks Alaska Polar Regions Collections & Archives)