Bellmon, Henry

LC control no.	n 79054655
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Bellmon, Henry *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
See also	Oklahoma. Governor (1963-1967 : Bellmon) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities Oklahoma. Governor (1987-1991 : Bellmon) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities
Birth date	1921-09-03
Death date	2009-09-29
Place of birth	Tonkawa (Okla.)
Place of death	Red Rock (Okla.)
Affiliation	Oklahoma A & M College United States. Marine Corps Oklahoma. Legislature. House of Representatives United States. Congress. Senate Oklahoma. Department of Human Services Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Profession or occupation	Legislators Governors Farmers Ranchers
Found in	NUCMC data from Univ. of Virginia Lib. for Scott, H. Papers, 1941-1983 (Bellmon, Henry, 1921-) WW Am. Pol., 1985/86 p. 1159 (Bellmon, Henry L.; Sen. from Oklahoma; gov., 1963-1967) Bio. Dir. of Govrs. of U.S., 1789-1978: vol. 3, p. 1254, etc. (Bellmon, Henry Louis; b. 1921) New York times WWW site, Oct. 1, 2009 (in obituary published Sept. 30: Henry Bellmon; b. Henry Louis Bellmon, Sept. 3, 1921, Tonkawa, Okla.; d. Tuesday [Sept. 29, 2009], Enid, Okla., aged 88; former Oklahoma governor and United States senator who took a judicious approach to conservative politics and who was a leading figure in Richard M. Nixon's 1968 presidential campaign) Wikipedia, Mar. 18, 2011: (also governor from 1987-1991) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress website, December 2, 2016 (Bellmon, 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.)
Associated language	eng