Bartlett, Josiah (1729-1795), was a New Hampshire signer of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and of the Articles of Confederation (the forerunner of the United States Constitution) in 1781. He served in the Second Continental Congress in 1775 and 1776 and again in 1778. He was a justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court from 1782 to 1790 and was chief justice of that court from 1788 to 1790. He then served as president (governor) of New Hampshire from 1790 to 1794. Bartlett was born on Nov. 21, 1729, in Amesbury, Massachusetts. He died on May 19, 1795.
