Phil Bartlett is the Senate Majority
Leader for the 124th Maine Legislature. At 32, Bartlett
is one of the youngest members elected to be majority
leader in the history of the Maine Senate. He is
in his third term representing Senate District 6,
which includes the communities of Gorham, Scarborough,
and Westbrook.
Phil grew up in Gorham and attended Gorham public
schools. He was actively involved in scouting throughout
his youth, steadily working his way from Cub Scout
through the ranks to Eagle Scout. Scouting provided
opportunities to visit the State House and meet the
governor, to go camping on a regular basis, and most
importantly, to learn the value of community service
and civic leadership.
After graduating from Gorham High School in 1994,
Phil went on to Tufts University. At Tufts, he majored
in economics and political science, but most importantly,
he met his wife, Susan. In 1998, Phil and Susan were
married in Maine.
Following Tufts, Phil spent the next three years
at Harvard Law School. His love of economics and
public policy led him to join the Harvard Journal
on Legislation, for which he eventually served as
president, and to teach introductory economics to
Harvard undergraduates. He also obtained a fellowship
to write a law and economics paper on incentives
created by certain employment law statutes.
In 2001 Phil was admitted to practice law in Maine
and Massachusetts. He moved back to Gorham and spent
the next year clerking for Chief Justice Leigh Saufley
of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. He also began
writing for his local newspaper, the Gorham Times.
He has served as president of the Gorham Historical
Society as well as president of the Baxter Memorial
Library Association. He currently serves on the board
of the Gorham-Sebago Lake Regional Land Trust, the
Gorham Economic Development Corporation, the Gorham
Recreation Advisory Board and the Cumberland County
Human Services Advisory Committee. Phil is also a
member of First Parish Congregational Church in Gorham.
In 2007, Phil and Susan became proud parents of
Abigail Ann. The Bartletts also have two dogs: Miss
Otis and Milton. |
