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  Bellmon, Henry L.
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NameHenry L. Bellmon
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Redrock, Oklahoma , United States
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Born September 03, 1921
DiedSeptember 29, 2009 (88 years)
ContributorRP
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Feb 22, 2022 06:40pm
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InfoBELLMON, Henry Louis, a Senator from Oklahoma; born on a farm near Tonkawa, Kay County, Okla., September 3, 1921; educated in Noble County public schools; graduated Oklahoma State University (then Oklahoma A.&M. College) 1942; served in United States Marine Corps 1942-1946; farmer and rancher; served in Oklahoma house of representatives 1946-1948; State Republican chairman 1960; elected Oklahoma’s first Republican Governor in 1962, served 1963-1967; while in office, chairman, Interstate Oil Compact Commission, and member, executive committee, National Governors Conference; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1968; reelected in 1974 and served from January 3, 1969, to January 3, 1981; was not a candidate for reelection in 1980; co-founder and co-chairman of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget; appointed director of the Oklahoma Department of Human Services 1983; elected Governor of Oklahoma 1986; was a resident of Red Rock, Okla., until his death on September 29, 2009; interment in Union Cemetery, Billings, Okla.

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Sep 29, 2009 12:05pm Obituary Former governor, Senator Henry Bellmon dies   Article RMF 

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  11/04/1986 OK Governor Won 47.45% (+2.91%)
  08/26/1986 OK Governor - R Primary Won 70.27% (+49.34%)
  11/05/1974 OK US Senate Won 49.38% (+0.48%)
  08/27/1974 OK US Senate- R Primary Won 87.07% (+74.14%)
  11/05/1968 OK US Senate Won 51.71% (+5.55%)
  11/06/1962 OK Governor Won 55.27% (+10.84%)
  05/01/1962 OK Governor - R Primary Won 91.41% (+82.83%)
ENDORSEMENTS
US President - R Primaries - Jul 01, 1988 R George H. W. Bush
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 17, 1975 R John Paul Stevens
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 15, 1971 R William H. Rehnquist
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 09, 1971 D Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr.
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - May 17, 1970 R Harry Blackmun
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Apr 08, 1970 R G. Harrold Carswell
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Nov 21, 1969 R Clement Furman Haynsworth, Jr.
Supreme Court - Chief Justice - Jun 23, 1969 R Warren E. Burger