William G. Ritch
William G. Ritch served as interim governor of New Mexico under the administration of the Territorial Government of the United States in 1875. William G. Ritch; Interim governor of New Mexico;
W. F. M. Arny
5 9 1813 By Tom Todd William Frederick Milton Arny was born on May 9, 1813 in the District of Columbia. He was the son of Joseph Arny from Krummenau, St. Gallen, Switzerland and Elizabeth Hyde (Joseph's first wife) from England. He was well educated for the day, and…
Henry Connelley
Born in Nelson County, KY.; educated in county schools; attended medical school of the Transylvania University at Lexington, Ky.; was graduated in 1828 and moved to Liberty, Clay County, Mo.; later in same year moved to Chihuahua, Mexico; married in Mexico in 1838; in 1848 moved to Santa Fe,…
James S. Calhoun
1802 Born perhaps in Georgia in 1802, although the details of his early life are uncertain. Calhoun was married in December 1822 to Caroline Anne Simmons of South Carolina, by whom he was the father of Martha Ann and Carolina Louisa. After the death of his first wife in…
Lew Wallace
4 10 1827 By William H. Wroth Lew Wallace (1827-1905) served as territorial governor of New Mexico from 1878 to 1881. Wallace was born in Brooksville, Indiana, on April 10, 1827, and moved to Indianapolis in 1837 when his father David Wallace was elected governor of Indiana. With the…
David Meriwether
1800 David Meriwether (1800-1892) was the third governor of New Mexico Territory, serving from 1853 to 1857 and also served as Superintendent of Indian Affairs for New Mexico. He had a colorful early career as a would-be trader in Spanish-colonial New Mexico which no doubt figured in his 1853…
Miguel Antonio Otero, II
10 17 1859 Born in Missouri, Otero’s parents took him at the age of two back to their home in New Mexico, crossing the plains in a stagecoach. He was later to return east to be educated at St. Louis University and the University of Notre Dame. He became…
William A. Pile
2 11 1829 Governor William A. Pile,1869-1871 Born on February 11, 1829 near Indianapolis, Indiana. Pile was married and a member of the Methodist Church. Pile’s family moved to Missouri when he was a young child, eventually settling in St. Louis. After he studied theology, he became a…
Samuel Beach Axtell
10 14 1819 Born on October 14, 1819 near Columbus in Franklin County, Ohio, the son of Samuel Loree, a farmer, and Nancy (Sanders) Axtell. Axtell was the brother of Silas H., Ephraim S., Sarah A., Rufus S., Mary R., Martha D., Nancy K., Josephus S., Phebe J., Pamela…
L. (LeBaron) Bradford Prince
7 3 1840 L. (LeBaron) Bradford Prince 1889–1893 Born in Flushing, New York on July 3, 1840, the son of William R., a nursery proprietor, and Charlotte G. (Collins) Prince. Prince was the brother of Charlotte, Seraphine, and William. An Episcopalian of Mayflower ancestry, he was married on…
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