Background
Bartlett was born Ann Smith on November 9, 1920, in Seattle, Washington to parents, Edgar and Joan Smith.
Bartlett was born Ann Smith on November 9, 1920, in Seattle, Washington to parents, Edgar and Joan Smith.
Smith was raised in Seattle and attended both Seattle University and the University of Washington. They both attended the same Marine officers on Marine Corps Air Station El Toro.
Ann Bartlett then became actively involved in state and national campaigns for Republican presidential candidates during the 1970s and 1980s. The couple were engaged just three weeks and three days later. Bartlett left for eighteen months soon after to serve as a Marine Corporation Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber pilot in the Pacific Theater during World World War World War II The couple married at a ceremony in San Juan Capistrano, California, on April 2, 1945.
Bartlett was elected as Oklahoma"s second Republican governor and took office in 1967.
She took on some of the traditional positions as of Oklahoma. She promoted literacy and the arts
In 1970, she became the chairwoman of the Oklahoma"s National Library Week Committee, advocating on behalf of state libraries. She served as until January 1971.
Bartlett was elected to the United States Senate in 1972, serving one term until 1979.
Bartlett left the Senate in January 1979 and died from cancer March 1, 1979. Ann Bartlett established her own, active political career following her husband"s death. Her political resume extended to state and national Republican presidential campaigns.
She served as the chairwoman of the Oklahoma state presidential campaign of Senator Howard Baker in 1980.
Bartlett later served as the head of Seniors for Reagan, a national arm of the campaign of Ronald Reagan"s presidential campaign which focused on senior voters. Ann Bartlett died on January 26, 2013, at the age of 92.