Biographies: William Pitt BARTLETT, Eau Claire, Eau Claire Co., WI 

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William Pitt Bartlett, nestor of the bar of Eau Claire county, was born 
at Minot, Maine, September 13, 1829.  His early educational opportunities 
were meager, but he obtained a teacher's certificate at the age of fifteen 
years.  He paid his way through the academies at Farmington and Bloomfield 
and at the age of twenty years entered Waterville College and was graduated 
in 1853.  He was elected principal of the Hallowell (Maine) Academy and 
served in that capacity until he resigned in 1855, having in the meantime 
begun to study law.  Being of weak physique, it was deemed advisable to 
seek more favorable climatic influences, and he located at Watertown, Wis., 
where he taught school for six months and continued the study of law.  He 
was admitted to practice in the spring of 1856, and the following year moved 
to Eau Claire, Wis., where he has since resided.  He was the first lawyer 
to locate in Eau Claire county.  He is the nestor of the school board of 
Eau Claire; has always taken great interest in educational matters, and for 
many years was a member of and president of the board of regents of the 
University of Wisconsin.  He was elected district attorney in 1859, and 
during his term of office became a member of the legislature.  In the spring 
of 1860 he was appointed judge of Eau Claire county by Governor Randall, 
and in 1861 and 1863 was again elected district attorney.  In 1872 he was 
again elected a member of the legislature, in 1874 appointed register of 
the United States land office by President Grant, and re-appointed in 1878 
by President Hayes.  From 1857 to 1872 Mr. Bartlett practiced by himself, 
but in the latter year he formed a partnership with H. H. Hayden, which, 
under the firm name of Bartlett & Hayden, became one of the strongest law 
firms in Wisconsin.  In 1884 this partnership was dissolved and since then 
Mr. Bartlett has practiced by himself.


--Taken from "The History of Eau Claire County, 1914, Past & Present",
page 272.