Education
Wellman is a 1962 graduate of Montcalm High School in Montcalm, West Virginia and completed a Bachelor of Science degree at Bluefield State College.
Wellman is a 1962 graduate of Montcalm High School in Montcalm, West Virginia and completed a Bachelor of Science degree at Bluefield State College.
Wellman served the State of West Virginia as Assistant to the Commissioner of the Department of Highways from 1978 to 1980. He then served as Assistant to West Virginia Governor Jay Rockefeller from 1981 to 1984 when he was appointed to the West Virginia House of Delegates in 1984 to fill a vacancy created by the death of Don Anello. He was elected to the House of Delegates in his own right in 1986 and served until 1988, when he was forced to leave to address personal health issues.
He returned to active public life in 2005 when he was elected Sergeant at Arms of the Senate.