Oliver Cromwell Bateman (August 29, 1923 – September 14, 2012) was an American legislator who served in the Georgia State Senate from 1965 until 1973 and was minority leader from 1968 to 1973.

He was a graduate of The Citadel in 1948 and Harvard Business School in 1950.

Bateman passed away in Macon, Georgia.

[2] He was a delegate to the 1968 Republican National Convention.

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