George W. Bellamy
George Bellamy | |
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1st Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma | |
In office 1907 – January 9, 1911 | |
Governor | Charles N. Haskell |
Succeeded by | J. J. McAlester |
Personal details | |
Born | December 1867 Missouri |
Died | 1920 |
Resting place | El Reno Cemetery |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Lou Blanche Jones |
Profession | politician, pharmacist |
George W. Bellamy (1867 – 1920) was the first Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma. He served from 1907 until 1911 alongside Oklahoma's first governor, Charles N. Haskell.
Early life[]
Bellamy was born in Missouri in December 1867. He married Lou Blanche Jones in Stillwater, Oklahoma on December 5, 1894. They had a daughter named Constance, before Lou's death in 1900. Bellamy worked as a pharmacist.
Political career[]
A member of the Democratic Party, Bellamy was elected as Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma in 1907, beating Republican N. G. Turk with 132,568 (54.7%) to 100,106 votes (41.31%), and served until 1911 alongside Governor Charles Haskell.[1] He was the first in a long line of Democratic Lieutenant Governors, lasting until 1995.
References[]
- ^ History of the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, Office of the Lieutenant Governor (accessed May 16, 2013)
External links[]
Categories:
- Lieutenant Governors of Oklahoma
- Oklahoma Democrats
- 1867 births
- 1920 deaths
- Oklahoma politician stubs