issues and championed oil and gas interests during the energy crisis of the 1970s. However, he suffered health problems and, rather than face a very difficult reelection against popular Democratic Governor David Boren, decided not to seek reelection. Two months after retiring from the U.S. Senate, he died in Tulsa from complications of lung cancer, and is buried in the city's Calvary Cemetery. In 1990 he was inducted into the Oklahoma CareerTech Hall of Fame and in March, 2006, Congress passed a bill renaming the U.S. Post Office in Tulsa in his honor. Family Bartlett married Ann Smith, a native of Seattle, Washington on April 2, 1945 at Mission San Juan Capistrano in San Juan Capistrano, California. They had three children: Dewey F. Bartlett Jr., Michael and Joanie. His son, Dewey F. Bartlett Jr. served as mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma, from 2009 until losing reelection to G. T. Bynum in 2016, served as a member of the Tulsa City Council from 1990 to 1994, and has inherited the Keener Oil and Gas Company from his father. References Further reading External links 100 Years of Oklahoma Governors Biography Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture - Bartlett, Dewey Dewey F. Bartlett Collection and Photograph Collection at the Carl Albert Center Voices of Oklahoma interview with Ann Bartlett. First person interview conducted on June 5, 2010, with Ann Bartlett, wife of Dewey F. Bartlett. 1919 births 1979 deaths Politicians from Marietta, Ohio American people of English descent American Roman Catholics Republican Party United States senators from Oklahoma Republican Party governors of Oklahoma Republican Party Oklahoma state senators Politicians from Tulsa, Oklahoma 20th-century American politicians Lawrenceville School alumni Princeton University School of Engineering and Applied Science alumni United States Marine Corps pilots of World War II United States Marine Corps bomber pilots of World War II United States Marine Corps officers Deaths from lung cancer in Oklahoma United States Navy personnel of World War II Recipients of the Air Medal