George W. Bellamy


George W. Bellamy 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 to 100,106 votes, and served until 1911 alongside Governor Charles Haskell. He was the first in a long line of Democratic Lieutenant Governors, lasting until 1995.