| TERM |
NAME |
PARTY |
COMMENT |
| 1912-1917 |
William Calhoun McDonald |
Democrat |
Born on July 25, 1858 in Jordanville, New York. Died in New Mexico on April 11, 1918. Interment at Cedarvale
Cemetery, White Oaks, New Mexico. |
| 1917 |
Ezequiel Cabeza de Baca |
Democrat |
Born on November 1, 1864 in Las Vegas, New Mexico. Died in office on February 18, 1917. Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Las Vegas, New Mexico. De Baca County is named for Governor de Baca.
(Another view) |
| 1917-1919 |
Washington Ellsworth Lindsey |
Republican |
Born near Armstrong in Belmont County, Ohio, on December 20, 1862. Died on April 5, 1926. |
| 1919-1921 |
Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo |
Republican |
Born in Chihuahua, Mexico on December 7, 1859. Died in Albuquerque, New Mexico on April 7, 1930. Interment at
Santa Barbara Cemetery in Albuquerque.
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| 1921-1923 |
Merritt Cramer Mechem |
Republican |
Born on October 10, 1870 in Ottawa, Kansas. Died on May 24, 1946. |
| 1923-1925 |
James Fielding Hinkle |
Democrat |
Born on October 20, 1864 in Franklin County, Missouri. Died in Roswell, New Mexico on March 26, 1951. |
| 1925-1927 |
Arthur Thomas Hannett |
Democrat |
Born on February 17, 1884 in Lyons, New York. Died on March 18, 1966. Signed legislation for
official state flag in 1925. |
| 1927-1931 |
Richard Charles Dillon |
Republican |
Born in St. Louis, Missouri on June 24, 1877. Died on January 5, 1966. |
| 1931-1933 |
Arthur Seligman |
Democrat |
Born on June 14, 1873 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Died in office on September 25, 1933. Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Santa Fe, New Mexico. |
| 1933-1935 |
Andrew. W. Hockenhull |
Republican |
Born in Missouri on January 16, 1877. Died on June 20, 1974. |
| 1935-1939 |
Clyde K. Tingley |
Democrat |
Born on January 5, 1882 on a farm near London, Ohio. Died in Albuquerque, New Mexico on December 24, 1960. New
Mexico State Police created, in 1935, authorized to enforce both criminal and traffic laws throughout the state. |
| 1939-1943 |
John Esten Miles |
Democrat |
Born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on July 28, 1884. Died in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on October 7, 1971. Interment
at Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Santa Fe. |
| 1943-1947 |
John Joseph Dempsey |
Democrat |
Born in White Haven, Pennsylvania, on June 22, 1879. Died in Washington, D.C., March 11, 1958. Interment at
Rosario Cemetery, Santa Fe, New Mexico. |
| 1947-1951 |
Thomas Jewett Mabry |
Democrat |
Born on October 17, 1884. Died on December 23, 1962. |
| 1951-1955 |
Edwin Leard Mechem
"Big Ed" |
Republican |
Born in Alamogordo, New Mexico on July 2, 1912. Died, of congestive heart failure, in Albuquerque, New Mexico
on November 27, 2002. |
| 1955-1957 |
John Field Simms, Jr. |
Democrat |
Born on December 18, 1916. Died on April 11, 1975. |
| 1957-1959 |
Edwin Leard Mechem
"Big Ed" |
Republican |
Born in Alamogordo, New Mexico on July 2, 1912. Died, of congestive heart failure, in Albuquerque, New Mexico
on November 27, 2002. |
| 1959-1961 |
John Burroughs |
Democrat |
Born on April 7, 1907. Died on May 21, 1978. |
| 1961-1962 |
Edwin Leard Mechem
"Big Ed" |
Republican |
Born in Alamogordo, New Mexico on July 2, 1912. Died, of congestive heart failure, in Albuquerque, New Mexico
on November 27, 2002. |
| 1962-1962 |
Thomas Felix Bolack |
Republican |
Born in Kansas on May 18, 1918. Died on May 20, 1998. |
| 1962-1963 |
Edwin Leard Mechem
"Big Ed" |
Republican |
Born in Alamogordo, New Mexico on July 2, 1912. Died, of congestive heart failure, in Albuquerque, New Mexico
on November 27, 2002. |
| 1963-1967 |
Jack M. Campbell |
Democrat |
Born in Hutchinson, Kansas, on September 10, 1916. He died on June 14, 1999 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. |
| 1967-1971 |
David Francis Cargo |
Republican |
Born in Dowagiac, Michigan, on January 13, 1929. |
| 1971-1975 |
Bruce King |
Democrat |
Born in Stanley, New Mexico, on April 6, 1924. |
| 1975-1979 |
"Jerry" Apodaca
Raymond S. Apodaca |
Democrat |
Born in Las Cruces, New Mexico, on October 3, 1934. |
| 1979-1983 |
Bruce King |
Democrat |
Born in Stanley, New Mexico, on April 6, 1924. |
| 1983-1987 |
Toney Anaya |
Democrat |
Born in Moriarty, New Mexico, on April 29, 1941. |
| 1987-1991 |
Garrey Edwards Carruthers |
Republican |
Born on August 29, 1939. |
| 1991-1995 |
Bruce King |
Democrat |
Born in Stanley, New Mexico, on April 6, 1924. |
| 1995-2003 |
Gary Earl Johnson |
Republican |
Born in Minot, North Dakota on January 1, 1953. |
| 2003-2011 |
William Blaine "Bill" Richardson III |
Democrat |
Born in Pasadena, California on November 15, 1947. |
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ADDITIONAL LINKS:
New Mexico Commission of Public Records:
New Mexico governors under the Spanish crown from 1598 through statehood governors.
States and Regents of the World:
New Mexico officials from 1847.
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Source: National Governors Association, (http://www.nga.org), February 13, 2011
Source: The Political Graveyard, (http://www.politicalgraveyard.com), May 2, 2004
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, (http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp), May 2, 2004 |
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