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Doctor Josiah Bartlett was a delegate for New Hampshire at the Second Continental Congress who signed the Declaration of Independence. He was the great-great-great-great grandfather of President Josiah Bartlet. [1]

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The real Josiah Bartlett was a medical physician and statesman whose political career (New Hampshire representative and later Governor) inspired the character of President Bartlet.

  1. "My great-grandfather's great-grandfather was Dr. Josiah Bartlet, who was the New Hampshire delegate to the second Continental Congress, the one that sat in session in Philadelphia in the summer of 1776" from What Kind of Day Has it Been?

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United States Congressional Delegation from New Hampshire
Senators:
Englemann (D) | Gillis (R)
Representatives:
Bartlet (D) | Bartlett | Campbell (D)