Harry Stephen Bartlett (born September 19, 1947) is an American politician and former president and CEO of the Financial Services Roundtable, an advocacy group lobbying the U.S. federal government on financial services legislation, a position which he held from 1999 to 2012. He served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 3rd congressional district, as the 55th mayor of Dallas, Texas, and as a member of the Dallas City Council.
United States Representative
thumb|right|Bartlett and his family with [[President of the United States|President Ronald Reagan in 1986]]
Bartlett served as a U.S. Representative from 1983 until his resignation in 1991.
Mayoralty
Bartlett left the House to run for mayor of Dallas. On November 5, 1991, he was elected to the nonpartisan position with 54 percent of the vote. He was sworn in on December 2, 1991. As mayor, Bartlett led an effort to reduce violent crime and adopted a $5 billion capital improvements plan. He worked to improve an economic revitalization, a downtown renaissance, and 30,000 new residential units in or adjacent to downtown Dallas. Bartlett served as the city's Mayor until 1995.
Private sector and lobbying
Bartlett was hired to head the Financial Services Roundtable in 1999.
Following his government service, Bartlett served on a number of boards of directors, including IMCO Recycling, Kaufman and Broad Home Corporation, Sun Coast Industrial and the YMCA of Metropolitan Washington. He is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of RespectAbility. In addition, he also served on the board of governors of the National YMCA, the Fannie Mae National Advisory Council and the board of the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. In 2001 he served on the President's Commission on Excellence in Special Education.
Bartlett has been recognized for his leadership skills by the National Association of Manufacturers, National Federation of Independent Business; Ebony, Essence, and Jet magazines; Texas Association for Retarded Citizens; Anti-Defamation League; National Council of La Raza; American Electronics Association; Watchdogs of the Treasury; and Best Dad by the NF Foundation.
2020 Presidential Election
On August 24, 2020, Bartlett was one of 24 former Republican lawmakers to endorse Democratic nominee Joe Biden on the opening day of the Republican National Convention.
In the aftermath of the January 6th insurrection, he, along with 30 other Republican former members of Congress called on their former colleagues to pass articles of impeachment against outgoing President Donald Trump.
Personal life
Bartlett was born in Los Angeles, California and reared in Lockhart in Caldwell County, Texas. He attended Kimball High School in Dallas, at which he met his future wife at a Young Republicans bake sale; he graduated in 1966. He also became a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon.
Bartlett is married to the former Gail Coke; the Bartletts have three children and six grandchildren.