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href="/wiki/Robert_S._Kerr_III" title="Robert S. Kerr III">Robert S. Kerr III</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George_Nigh" title="George Nigh">George Nigh</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/David_Walters" title="David Walters">David Walters</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 14, 1963 – January 9, 1967</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Lieutenant</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Leo_Winters" title="Leo Winters">Leo Winters</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George_Nigh" title="George Nigh">George Nigh</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dewey_F._Bartlett" title="Dewey F. Bartlett">Dewey F. Bartlett</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senator</a><br />from <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma" title="Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1981</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Monroney" title="Mike Monroney">Mike Monroney</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Don_Nickles" title="Don Nickles">Don Nickles</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the<br /><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_House_of_Representatives" title="Oklahoma House of Representatives">Oklahoma House of Representatives</a><br />from <a href="/wiki/Noble_County,_Oklahoma" title="Noble County, Oklahoma">Noble County</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 7, 1947 – January 4, 1949</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Robert R. McCubbins</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">F. C. Seids</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Henry Louis Bellmon</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1921-09-03</span>)</span>September 3, 1921<br /><a href="/wiki/Tonkawa,_Oklahoma" title="Tonkawa, Oklahoma">Tonkawa, Oklahoma</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">September 29, 2009<span style="display:none">(2009-09-29)</span> (aged 88)<br /><a href="/wiki/Enid,_Oklahoma" title="Enid, Oklahoma">Enid, Oklahoma</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label">Billings Union Cemetery, <a href="/wiki/Noble_County,_Oklahoma" title="Noble County, Oklahoma">Noble County, Oklahoma</a><br /><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Henry_Bellmon&params=36_30_20.2_N_97_24_59_W_region:US-OK_type:landmark&title=Henry+Bellmon+Burial+Site"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">36°30′20.2″N</span> <span class="longitude">97°24′59″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">36.505611°N 97.41639°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">36.505611; -97.41639</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Henry Bellmon Burial Site</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouses</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Shirley Osborn</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1947; died 2000)<wbr /></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Eloise Morsman Bollenbach</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 2002)<wbr /></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_State_University" title="Oklahoma State University">Oklahoma A & M</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data">farmer, politician</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Military service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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class="infobox-data"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Silver_Star_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Silver_Star_Medal_ribbon.svg/20px-Silver_Star_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="5" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Silver_Star_Medal_ribbon.svg/30px-Silver_Star_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Silver_Star_Medal_ribbon.svg/40px-Silver_Star_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="279" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Silver_Star" title="Silver Star">Silver Star</a><br /><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Legion_of_Merit_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Legion_of_Merit_ribbon.svg/20px-Legion_of_Merit_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="5" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Legion_of_Merit_ribbon.svg/30px-Legion_of_Merit_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Legion_of_Merit_ribbon.svg/40px-Legion_of_Merit_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="279" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Legion_of_Merit" title="Legion of Merit">Legion of Merit</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Henry Louis Bellmon</b> (September 3, 1921 – September 29, 2009) was an American <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> <a href="/wiki/Politician" title="Politician">politician</a> from the <a href="/wiki/U.S._State" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. State">U.S. State</a> of <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma" title="Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a>. A member of the <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Legislature" title="Oklahoma Legislature">Oklahoma Legislature</a>, he went on to become both the 18th and 23rd <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Oklahoma" title="Governor of Oklahoma">governor of Oklahoma</a>, mainly in the 1960s and again in the 1980s, as well as a two-term <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senator" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senator">United States Senator</a> in the 1970s. He was the first Republican to serve as Governor of Oklahoma and, after his direct predecessor <a href="/wiki/George_Nigh" title="George Nigh">George Nigh</a>, only the second governor to be reelected. </p><p>A World War II veteran, Bellmon served a single term in the <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_House_of_Representatives" title="Oklahoma House of Representatives">Oklahoma House of Representatives</a>, before running for governor. After serving in the U.S. Senate, he returned to serve again as governor and was responsible for passing a large education reform package. He died in 2009 after a long struggle with Parkinson's disease. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_career">Early life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Henry_Bellmon&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bellmon was born in <a href="/wiki/Tonkawa,_Oklahoma" title="Tonkawa, Oklahoma">Tonkawa, Oklahoma</a>, and graduated from Billings High School in <a href="/wiki/Billings,_Oklahoma" title="Billings, Oklahoma">Billings, Oklahoma</a>. He graduated from Oklahoma A & M (now <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_State_University" title="Oklahoma State University">Oklahoma State University</a>) in 1942 with a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor%27s_degree" title="Bachelor's degree">bachelor's degree</a> in <a href="/wiki/Agriculture" title="Agriculture">agriculture</a>. He was a <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant" title="Lieutenant">lieutenant</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">United States Marine Corps</a> from 1942 to 1946. He was a tank platoon leader in the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean_theater_of_World_War_II" title="Pacific Ocean theater of World War II">Pacific Theater</a> of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. He took part in four <a href="/wiki/Amphibious_landing" class="mw-redirect" title="Amphibious landing">amphibious landings</a> on <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific</a> <a href="/wiki/Island" title="Island">islands</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Iwo_Jima" title="Battle of Iwo Jima">Iwo Jima</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-OKEncyc_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OKEncyc-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For his service, he was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Legion_of_Merit" title="Legion of Merit">Legion of Merit</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Silver_Star" title="Silver Star">Silver Star</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TWObit_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TWObit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the war he returned to <a href="/wiki/Farming" class="mw-redirect" title="Farming">farming</a> and took up <a href="/wiki/Politics" title="Politics">politics</a>. </p><p>Bellmon served a single term in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1947 to 1949. In January 1947, he married Shirley Osborn, to whom he remained married until her death in 2000. In 1960 he served as the <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Republican_Party" title="Oklahoma Republican Party">State Republican Party Chairman</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governor_of_Oklahoma">Governor of Oklahoma</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Henry_Bellmon&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Governor of Oklahoma"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1962, beating the studied journalist and well known constructor <a href="/w/index.php?title=W._P._Atkinson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="W. P. Atkinson (page does not exist)">Bill Atkinson</a> with 392,316 votes (55.3%), Bellmon became Oklahoma's first Republican governor since statehood in 1907. While governor, he served as the chairman of the Interstate Oil Compact Commission and as a member of the executive committee of the <a href="/wiki/National_Governor%27s_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="National Governor's Association">National Governor's Association</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CongBio_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CongBio-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was unable to run for reelection in 1966; at the time, Oklahoma did not allow governors to immediately succeed themselves. Republican <a href="/wiki/Dewey_F._Bartlett" title="Dewey F. Bartlett">Dewey F. Bartlett</a> was elected as his successor. As governor, Bellmon in 1965 pardoned convicted murderer <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Burkhart" title="Ernest Burkhart">Ernest Burkhart</a>, known for his role in the <a href="/wiki/Osage_Indian_murders" title="Osage Indian murders">Osage Indian murders</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="United_States_Senate">United States Senate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Henry_Bellmon&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: United States Senate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1968, he was serving as the national chairman for <a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a>'s presidential election campaign, but then decided to run for the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senate">U.S. Senate</a>, and won, unseating U.S. Senator <a href="/wiki/A.S._Mike_Monroney" class="mw-redirect" title="A.S. Mike Monroney">A.S. Mike Monroney</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-OklahomanObit_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OklahomanObit-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His 1974 contest was far closer and ultimately was resolved by the Senate. On election night, He led Rep. <a href="/wiki/Ed_Edmondson_(politician)" title="Ed Edmondson (politician)">Ed Edmondson</a> by only 3,835 votes. Edmondson challenged the result alleging irregularities in the voting, specifically that <a href="/wiki/Tulsa_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Tulsa County">Tulsa County</a> did not have levers to allow <a href="/wiki/Straight-ticket_voting" title="Straight-ticket voting">straight-ticket voting</a>, as required under state law, and that the machines had misleading instructions. The <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Supreme_Court" title="Oklahoma Supreme Court">Oklahoma Supreme Court</a> ruled that there were problems, but Edmondson could not demonstrate that they would have changed the result. Edmondson then appealed to the Senate in January 1975, asking it to take up the challenge. Although the Senate voted to seat Bellmon, this was done without prejudice to the challenge.<sup id="cite_ref-Dispute_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dispute-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Senate investigated the election and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Rules_and_Administration" title="United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration">Rules and Administration Committee</a> voted along party lines on a report that it could not identify who won the election. The full Senate would have to decide how to proceed. Both candidates made their cases on the floor and nine Democrats voted along with all the Republicans to end the challenge and seat Bellmon.<sup id="cite_ref-Dispute_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dispute-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although the Democratic Party had a 62–38 majority, seven Democrats were not in Washington and did not vote.<sup id="cite_ref-Vote_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vote-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He did not run for a third term in 1980. During his service in the Senate, he sometimes took moderate positions that put him at odds with the largely conservative Oklahoma Republican Party: he supported <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Ford" title="Gerald Ford">Gerald Ford</a> over <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_election" title="1976 United States presidential election">1976 presidential election</a> (even though the state delegation was committed to Reagan);<sup id="cite_ref-OklahomanObit_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OklahomanObit-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he opposed a constitutional amendment to prohibit <a href="/wiki/Desegregation_busing_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Desegregation busing in the United States">forced busing</a> for the purpose of racially desegregating public schools; and he supported the <a href="/wiki/Torrijos%E2%80%93Carter_Treaties" title="Torrijos–Carter Treaties">Panama Canal treaty</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Krehbiel20090930_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Krehbiel20090930-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1976, Bellmon was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Hall_of_Fame" title="Oklahoma Hall of Fame">Oklahoma Hall of Fame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During his second term he was the ranking Republican on the Senate Budget Committee.<sup id="cite_ref-OKEncyc_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OKEncyc-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was a co-founder and co-chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Committee_for_a_Responsible_Federal_Budget" title="Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget">Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CongBio_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CongBio-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He chose not to run for re-election in 1980<sup id="cite_ref-OklahomanObit_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OklahomanObit-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was succeeded by Republican <a href="/wiki/Don_Nickles" title="Don Nickles">Don Nickles</a>. </p><p>Bellmon was appointed the interim director of the <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Department_of_Human_Services" title="Oklahoma Department of Human Services">Oklahoma Department of Human Services</a> by Governor George Nigh, a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Democratic Party">Democrat</a>, in 1982.<sup id="cite_ref-OklahomanObit_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OklahomanObit-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Return_to_governorship">Return to governorship</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Henry_Bellmon&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Return to governorship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As the tenures of Bellmon and his party colleague Bartlett had been followed by four terms of Democratic rule, Oklahoma Republican leaders asked him in 1986, if he would consider running for governor again. Bellmon agreed to run, and he narrowly won the election in November with 431,762 votes (47.5%) over <a href="/wiki/David_Walters" title="David Walters">David Walters</a> (405,295; 44.5%). He served from January 12, 1987, to January 14, 1991. During his second tenure as governor he chaired the Southern States Energy Board. </p><p>During his second term, Bellmon worked with Democrats in the Oklahoma legislature to pass an educational reform package, House Bill 1017, over the opposition of most Republicans. Though the state constitution had been amended in 1966 to allow governors to succeed themselves, Bellmon chose not to seek reelection in 1990. He would have been eligible for a third term, since 8-year lifetime term limits were not enacted until 2010. The Republican candidate to replace him, Bill Price, promised to repeal HB 1017. However, Price was defeated by David Walters,<sup id="cite_ref-Krehbiel20090930_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Krehbiel20090930-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> whom Bellmon had defeated four years earlier. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Death_penalty">Death penalty</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Henry_Bellmon&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Death penalty"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bellmon is notable for overseeing as governor both Oklahoma's final pre-<i><a href="/wiki/Furman_v._Georgia" title="Furman v. Georgia">Furman</a></i> execution, when <a href="/wiki/James_French_(murderer)" title="James French (murderer)">James French</a> was <a href="/wiki/Electric_chair" title="Electric chair">electrocuted</a> in 1966, and its first post-<i>Furman</i>, when <a href="/wiki/Charles_Coleman_(murderer)" title="Charles Coleman (murderer)">Charles Coleman</a> was put to death by <a href="/wiki/Lethal_injection" title="Lethal injection">lethal injection</a> in 1990.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_years">Later years</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Henry_Bellmon&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Later years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bellmon returned to his agriculture business interests.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bellmon also taught at <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_University" title="Oklahoma City University">Oklahoma City University</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Central_Oklahoma" title="University of Central Oklahoma">Central State University</a>, Oklahoma State University, and the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Oklahoma" title="University of Oklahoma">University of Oklahoma</a>. Shirley Bellmon died in 2000; Bellmon married a longtime friend, Eloise Bollenbach, in 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-OklahomanObit_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OklahomanObit-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A March 1, 2009, profile in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Oklahoman" title="The Oklahoman">The Oklahoman</a></i> reported that he was living with Eloise in <a href="/wiki/Kingfisher,_Oklahoma" title="Kingfisher, Oklahoma">Kingfisher, Oklahoma</a>; the article also reported that, despite suffering from <a href="/wiki/Parkinson%27s_disease" title="Parkinson's disease">Parkinson's disease</a> and a heart ailment, Bellmon was still operating his family farm in Billings.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_CareerTech_Hall_of_Fame" title="Oklahoma CareerTech Hall of Fame">Oklahoma CareerTech Hall of Fame</a> posthumously in 2011. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Henry_Bellmon&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bellmon died September 29, 2009, in <a href="/wiki/Enid,_Oklahoma" title="Enid, Oklahoma">Enid, Oklahoma</a>, at the age of 88 after a long battle with <a href="/wiki/Parkinson%27s_disease" title="Parkinson's disease">Parkinson's disease</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TWObit_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TWObit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is buried at the Union Cemetery in <a href="/wiki/Billings,_Oklahoma" title="Billings, Oklahoma">Billings, Oklahoma</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Henry_Bellmon_Sustainability_Awards">Henry Bellmon Sustainability Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Henry_Bellmon&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Henry Bellmon Sustainability Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2009 Tulsa Southside Rotary Club and Sustainable Tulsa received permission from Bellmon's daughters to name the Henry Bellmon Sustainability Awards after him.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Henry_Bellmon&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090105075934/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/B/BE012.html">"Bellmon, Henry Louis (1921- )"</a>. <i>Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History & Culture</i>. Oklahoma Historical Society. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/B/BE012.html">the original</a> on January 5, 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 1,</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Bellmon%2C+Henry+Louis+%281921-+%29&rft.btitle=Encyclopedia+of+Oklahoma+History+%26+Culture&rft.pub=Oklahoma+Historical+Society&rft.aulast=Hanneman&rft.aufirst=Carolyn+G&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fdigital.library.okstate.edu%2Fencyclopedia%2Fentries%2FB%2FBE012.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHenry+Bellmon" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-TWObit-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-TWObit_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-TWObit_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHoberock2009" class="citation news cs1">Hoberock, Barbara (September 29, 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=12&articleid=20090929_12_0_OKLAHO50963&allcom=1">"Former governor Henry Bellmon dies"</a>. <i>Tulsa World</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 29,</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Tulsa+World&rft.atitle=Former+governor+Henry+Bellmon+dies&rft.date=2009-09-29&rft.aulast=Hoberock&rft.aufirst=Barbara&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tulsaworld.com%2Fnews%2Farticle.aspx%3Fsubjectid%3D12%26articleid%3D20090929_12_0_OKLAHO50963%26allcom%3D1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHenry+Bellmon" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-CongBio-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-CongBio_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CongBio_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000351">Henry Bellmon</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="Biographical Directory of the United States Congress">Biographical Directory of the United States Congress</a>. He also pardoned a killer from the Osage murders despite protest from the Osage tribe.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=OS005">"Osage Murders"</a>. <i>The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture</i>. 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Henry Bellmon dies"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110614084509/http://www.newsok.com/former-oklahoma-gov.-henry-bellmon-dies/article/3404873?custom_click=masthead_topten">Archived</a> 2011-06-14 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Oklahoman" title="The Oklahoman">The Oklahoman</a></i>, September 29, 2009.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Dispute-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Dispute_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Dispute_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/contested_elections/138Edmondson_Bellmon.htm">"The Election Case of Edmond A. Edmondson v. Henry L. 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Bartlett">Dewey F. Bartlett</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/George_Nigh" title="George Nigh">George Patterson Nigh</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Oklahoma" title="Governor of Oklahoma">Governor of Oklahoma</a> </b><br />January 12, 1987 – January 14, 1991 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/David_Walters" title="David Walters">David Walters</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Monroney" title="Mike Monroney">Mike Monroney</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Oklahoma" title="List of United States senators from Oklahoma"> U.S. senator (Class 3) from Oklahoma</a> </b><br />1969 – 1981 <br />Served alongside: <b><a href="/wiki/Fred_R._Harris" title="Fred R. Harris">Fred R. Harris</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dewey_F._Bartlett" title="Dewey F. Bartlett">Dewey F. Bartlett</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_L._Boren" class="mw-redirect" title="David L. Boren">David L. Boren</a></b> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Don_Nickles" title="Don Nickles">Donald Lee Nickles</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFBF00;">Party political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Phil_Ferguson" title="Phil Ferguson">Phillip Ferguson</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican nominee</a> for Governor of Oklahoma </b><br /><a href="/wiki/1962_Oklahoma_gubernatorial_election" title="1962 Oklahoma gubernatorial election">1962</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Dewey_F._Bartlett" title="Dewey F. Bartlett">Dewey F. Bartlett</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold">B. Hayden Crawford</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican nominee</a> for <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senator" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senator">United States Senator</a> from <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senators_from_Oklahoma" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States Senators from Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_Senators" class="mw-redirect" title="Classes of United States Senators">Class 3</a>) </b><br /><a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_Senate_election_in_Oklahoma" title="1968 United States Senate election in Oklahoma">1968</a>, <a href="/wiki/1974_United_States_Senate_election_in_Oklahoma" title="1974 United States Senate election in Oklahoma">1974</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Don_Nickles" 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Turner">Turner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnston_Murray" title="Johnston Murray">J. Murray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond_D._Gary" title="Raymond D. Gary">Gary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Howard_Edmondson" title="J. Howard Edmondson">Edmondson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Nigh" title="George Nigh">Nigh</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Bellmon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dewey_F._Bartlett" title="Dewey F. Bartlett">Bartlett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Hall_(Oklahoma_governor)" class="mw-redirect" title="David Hall (Oklahoma governor)">Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Boren" title="David Boren">Boren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Nigh" title="George Nigh">Nigh</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Bellmon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Walters" title="David Walters">Walters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Keating" title="Frank Keating">Keating</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brad_Henry" title="Brad Henry">Henry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Fallin" title="Mary Fallin">Fallin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Stitt" title="Kevin Stitt">Stitt</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div><i>Italics</i> indicate acting governors</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="United_States_senators_from_Oklahoma" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:United_States_senators_from_Oklahoma" title="Template:United States senators from Oklahoma"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:United_States_senators_from_Oklahoma" title="Template talk:United States senators from Oklahoma"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:United_States_senators_from_Oklahoma" title="Special:EditPage/Template:United States senators from Oklahoma"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="United_States_senators_from_Oklahoma" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Oklahoma" title="List of United States senators from Oklahoma">United States senators from Oklahoma</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Class 2</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Robert_L._Owen" title="Robert L. Owen">Owen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_B._Pine" title="William B. Pine">Pine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Gore" title="Thomas Gore">Gore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joshua_B._Lee" title="Joshua B. Lee">Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_H._Moore" title="Edward H. Moore">Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_S._Kerr" title="Robert S. Kerr">Kerr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Howard_Edmondson" title="J. Howard Edmondson">Edmondson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_R._Harris" title="Fred R. Harris">Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dewey_F._Bartlett" title="Dewey F. Bartlett">Bartlett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Boren" title="David Boren">Boren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Inhofe" title="Jim Inhofe">Inhofe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Markwayne_Mullin" title="Markwayne Mullin">Mullin</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="United States Senate"><img alt="United States Senate" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg/120px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg/160px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1030" data-file-height="1030" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Class 3</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Gore" title="Thomas Gore">Gore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_W._Harreld" title="John W. Harreld">Harreld</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elmer_Thomas" title="Elmer Thomas">Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Monroney" title="Mike Monroney">Monroney</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Bellmon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Nickles" title="Don Nickles">Nickles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Coburn" title="Tom Coburn">Coburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Lankford" title="James Lankford">Lankford</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Oklahoma&#039;s_delegation(s)_to_the_91st–96th_United_States_Congresses_(ordered_by_seniority)" style="display:table;;padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:USCongRep-start" title="Template:USCongRep-start"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:USCongRep-start" title="Template talk:USCongRep-start"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:USCongRep-start" title="Special:EditPage/Template:USCongRep-start"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Oklahoma&#039;s_delegation(s)_to_the_91st–96th_United_States_Congresses_(ordered_by_seniority)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma" title="Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a>'s delegation(s) to the 91st–96th <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">United States Congresses</a> <span class="nowrap">(ordered by seniority)</span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;border-width:0;"><div style="padding:0"> <table style="width:100%"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/91st_United_States_Congress" title="91st United States Congress">91st</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Oklahoma" title="List of United States senators from Oklahoma">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Fred_R._Harris" title="Fred R. Harris">F. Harris</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">H. Bellmon</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Oklahoma" title="List of United States representatives from Oklahoma">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Carl_Albert" title="Carl Albert">C. Albert</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tom_Steed" title="Tom Steed">T. Steed</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Page_Belcher" title="Page Belcher">P. Belcher</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Jarman" title="John Jarman">J. Jarman</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ed_Edmondson_(politician)" title="Ed Edmondson (politician)">E. Edmonson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Newbold_Camp" title="John Newbold Camp">J. Camp</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/92nd_United_States_Congress" title="92nd United States Congress">92nd</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Oklahoma" title="List of United States senators from Oklahoma">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Fred_R._Harris" title="Fred R. Harris">F. Harris</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">H. Bellmon</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Oklahoma" title="List of United States representatives from Oklahoma">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Carl_Albert" title="Carl Albert">C. Albert</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tom_Steed" title="Tom Steed">T. Steed</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Page_Belcher" title="Page Belcher">P. Belcher</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Jarman" title="John Jarman">J. Jarman</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ed_Edmondson_(politician)" title="Ed Edmondson (politician)">E. Edmonson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Newbold_Camp" title="John Newbold Camp">J. Camp</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/93rd_United_States_Congress" title="93rd United States Congress">93rd</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Oklahoma" title="List of United States senators from Oklahoma">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">H. Bellmon</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dewey_F._Bartlett" title="Dewey F. Bartlett">D. Bartlett</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Oklahoma" title="List of United States representatives from Oklahoma">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Carl_Albert" title="Carl Albert">C. Albert</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tom_Steed" title="Tom Steed">T. Steed</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Jarman" title="John Jarman">J. Jarman</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Newbold_Camp" title="John Newbold Camp">J. Camp</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_R._Jones" title="James R. Jones">J. Jones</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Clem_McSpadden" title="Clem McSpadden">C. McSpadden</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/94th_United_States_Congress" title="94th United States Congress">94th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Oklahoma" title="List of United States senators from Oklahoma">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">H. Bellmon</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dewey_F._Bartlett" title="Dewey F. Bartlett">D. Bartlett</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Oklahoma" title="List of United States representatives from Oklahoma">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Carl_Albert" title="Carl Albert">C. Albert</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tom_Steed" title="Tom Steed">T. Steed</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Jarman" title="John Jarman">J. Jarman</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_R._Jones" title="James R. Jones">J. Jones</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Glenn_English" title="Glenn English">G. English</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ted_Risenhoover" title="Ted Risenhoover">T. Risenhoover</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/95th_United_States_Congress" title="95th United States Congress">95th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Oklahoma" title="List of United States senators from Oklahoma">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">H. Bellmon</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dewey_F._Bartlett" title="Dewey F. Bartlett">D. Bartlett</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Oklahoma" title="List of United States representatives from Oklahoma">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tom_Steed" title="Tom Steed">T. Steed</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_R._Jones" title="James R. Jones">J. Jones</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Glenn_English" title="Glenn English">G. English</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ted_Risenhoover" title="Ted Risenhoover">T. Risenhoover</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mickey_Edwards" title="Mickey Edwards">M. Edwards</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Wes_Watkins" title="Wes Watkins">W. Watkins</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/96th_United_States_Congress" title="96th United States Congress">96th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Oklahoma" title="List of United States senators from Oklahoma">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">H. 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