Henry Bellmon timeline
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Published: September 29, 2009
Bellmon timeline
Sept. 3, 1921: Born on a farm near Tonkawa
1942: Graduates from Oklahoma State University
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1942-46: Serves in U.S. Marine Corps
1946-48: Serves in state House of Representatives
1960: Becomes state Republican Party chairman
1962: Wins election as Oklahoma's first Republican governor
1963-67: Serves as Interstate Oil Compact Commission chairman
Joins executive committee of the National Governors Conference
1968: Wins election to U.S. Senate
1974: Wins second term in U.S. Senate
1980: Chooses not to seek third term in the U.S. Senate
1983: Named director of the state Department of Human Services by Democratic Gov. George Nigh
1986: Wins new term as Oklahoma's governor; retires from politics in 1991.
1997: Henry and Shirley Bellmon celebrate 50 years of marriage.
July 24, 2000: Shirley Bellmon passes away
April 6, 2002: Henry Bellmon weds longtime family friend Eloise Bollenbach
Sources: Biographical Directory of the U.S. Senate; Oklahoman Archive
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