George W. Bellamy

George Bellamy
1st Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma
In office 1907 – January 9, 1911
Governor	Charles N. Haskell
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	J. J. McAlester
Member of the Oklahoma Territorial Council from the 7th district
In office 1899–1903
Preceded by	C. W. Gould
Succeeded by	Felix L. Winkler
Personal details
Born	December 1867 Missouri
Died	1920
Resting place	El Reno Cemetery
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Lou Blanche Jones
Profession	politician, pharmacist

George W. Bellamy (1867–1920) was the first lieutenant governor of Oklahoma, 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.

Electoral history

1907 Oklahoma lieutenant gubernatorial election^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	George W. Bellamy	132,568	54.7	New
	Republican	N.G. Turk	100,106	41.3	New
	Socialist	M.H. Carey	9,662	3.9	New
	Democratic gain from		Swing	N/A

References

1. History of the Office of the Lieutenant Governor Archived 2013-04-11 at the Wayback Machine, Office of the Lieutenant Governor (accessed May 16, 2013)
2. "1907-1912 Results" (PDF). oklahoma.gov. Oklahoma State Election Board. Retrieved 23 September 2023.

External links

• George W. Bellamy at Find a Grave

Party political offices
First	Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma 1907	Succeeded by J. J. McAlester
Political offices
Preceded by Office established	Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma 1907–1911	Succeeded by J. J. McAlester