David Bartlett was born in Lemorna, Maine in 1855, graduating in 1876 from the University of Michigan and the law school there. He came to Cooperstown in 1883 where he entered into a law and real estate firm with J. Stevens. He was gone from Cooperstown a few years, returning again in 1887. Throughout the years he was associated with William Glass and Frank Gladstone. He left here about 1912 and died in Massachusetts in 1913. Mr. Bartlett served on the committee that drew up North Dakota's constitution in 1888, served on the local school board and village board, and served two terms as lieutenant governor of North Dakota.

Source: Cooperstown, North Dakota 1882-1982 page 19