George W. Bellamy

{{Infobox officeholder

|name= George Bellamy

|image= George W. Bellamy (1908).jpg

|caption= Bellamy in 1908

|order= 1st

|office= Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma

|term_start= 1907

|term_end= January 9, 1911

|governor= Charles N. Haskell

|predecessor= Position established

|successor= J. J. McAlester

|office2= Member of the Oklahoma Territorial Council from the 7th district

|term_start2= 1899

|term_end2= 1903

|predecessor2= C. W. Gould

|successor2= Felix L. Winkler

|birth_date= December 1867

|birth_place= Missouri

|death_date= 1920

|death_place=

|resting_place= El Reno Cemetery

|party= Democratic

|profession= politician, pharmacist

|spouse= Lou Blanche Jones

}}

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.[http://www.ok.gov/ltgovernor/Office_of_Lieutenant_Governor/History_of_Lieutenant_Governor/index.html History of the Office of the Lieutenant Governor] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130411200725/http://www.ok.gov/ltgovernor/Office_of_Lieutenant_Governor/History_of_Lieutenant_Governor/index.html |date=2013-04-11 }}, [http://www.ok.gov/ltgovernor/ Office of the Lieutenant Governor] (accessed May 16, 2013) He was the first in a long line of Democratic Lieutenant Governors, lasting until 1995.

Electoral history

{{Election box begin | title=1907 Oklahoma lieutenant gubernatorial election{{cite web |title=1907-1912 Results |url=https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/elections/election-results/results-prior-to-1980/1907-1912-results.pdf |website=oklahoma.gov |publisher=Oklahoma State Election Board |access-date=23 September 2023}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = George W. Bellamy

|votes = 132,568

|percentage = 54.7

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = N.G. Turk

|votes = 100,106

|percentage = 41.3