Anne Sullivan Kirby Cartwright (February 4, 1946 – August 19, 2025) was an American politician.
Life and career
editKirby was born in Providence, Rhode Island, on February 4, 1946, to parents Charles Kirby and Leone Jarvis, and raised in Tyngsborough, Massachusetts. She graduated from Lowell High School, where she was also a cheerleader. Kirby married Joseph Cartwright in 1965, and the family moved throughout the United States, namely to Louisiana, Oklahoma, Lubbock, Texas, and Tacoma, Washington, as Joseph served in the United States Air Force. Between 1979 and 1990, Anne Cartwright worked as a cross country, skiing, and track coach.[1]
Cartwright was elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives as a Republican in 2010, alongside Democrats Tara Sad and Lucy Weber in Cheshire District 2.[2] Cartwright was succeeded by John Mann in 2012, and ran again against Mann in 2014,[3] 2016,[4] and 2018.[5] From 2016 to 2018, Joe Cartwright was a member of the Cheshire County Commission.[6][7] He lost reelection in 2018,[8][9] and ran for county treasurer in 2020.[10][11]
Cartwright died on August 19, 2025, at the age of 79.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Anne S. Cartwright". WKBK. 21 August 2025. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
- ^ "New Hampshire local election results". Brattleboro Reformer. 4 November 2010. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
- ^ Clark, Anika (19 October 2014). "Anne S. Cartwright, NH House, Cheshire District 2". Keene Sentinel. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
- ^ "Democrats take most Cheshire County House seats". Keene Sentinel. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
- ^ "2018 New Hampshire State House - Cheshire District 2 Election Results". Commercial Appeal. 6 November 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
- ^ Clark, Anika (4 November 2016). "Joseph Cartwright, Cheshire County Commissioner, District 3". Keene Sentinel. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
- ^ Handy, Nicholas (14 November 2016). "Incumbents returned to county seats". Monadnock Ledger-Transcript. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
- ^ Clark, Anika (28 August 2018). "Questionnaire: Joe Cartwright, Cheshire County Commission, District 3". Keene Sentinel. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
- ^ Cuno-Booth, Paul (7 November 2018). "Cheshire County's commission dyed blue". Keene Sentinel. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
- ^ "Primary results: Sept. 8, 2020". Keene Sentniel. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
- ^ Rooney, Jack (27 October 2020). "Cartwright, Weed competing to be next Cheshire County treasurer". Keene Sentinel. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
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