He was born on June 14, 1841, in
Skaneateles, New York to Levi Bartlett. His father moved in 1831 from
Haverhill, New Hampshire, to
Skaneateles, New York, and practiced medicine there. He was admitted to the
New York Bar Association in 1862, and practiced law in
Syracuse, New York. He moved to
New York City in 1868. In 1891, he ran for the
New York Supreme Court but was defeated. In
1893, he was elected on the
Republican ticket to the
New York Court of Appeals. He was re-elected in
1907, and died in office. He died of
heart disease at the
Albany Hospital in
Albany, New York on May 3, 1910. ==References==