By Rick Hendricks The individual known to history as Francisco Cuervo y Valdés first appears in the historical record in the Americas in 1678 as an infantry captain in San Juan Bautista in Sonora. At that time of his life, don Francisco styled himself Cuervo de Valdés. The details…
Transcripción de Rick Hendricks José María Vizcarra, respuesta a un oficio sobre su expedición a los Comanches, Santa Fe, 18 de octubre de 1824, MANM, r. 3, f. 934-35. Contesta oficio en que se le desaprueva la expedicion a los Comanches da los motivos para que…
Solomon Bibo was born in Brakel, Germany on August 30, 1853. He made an auspicious arrival at midnight so some historians put the date of his birth as August 29th. Bibo was one of eleven children. Like many young Jewish men in Germany during this time, Bibo and his…
GALLEGOS, JOSE MANUEL: Born in what is now Rio Arriba County, N. Mex., October 30, 1815; attended the parochial schools; studied theology at the College of Durango, Republic of Mexico, and was graduated in 1840; member of the legislative assembly of what was then the Department of New Mexico,…
Stephen Benton Elkins was elected as a Republican, a Delegate, to the Forty‑third and Forty‑fourth Congresses (March 4, 1873‑March 3, 1877). ELKINS, STEPHEN BENTON: Born in Perry County, Ohio, September 26, 1841; moved with his parents to Westport, Mo.; attended the public schools, and was graduated from the law…
Charles P. Clever served as attorney general 1862‑67. He then presented credentials as a Democratic Delegate‑elect to the Fortieth Congress, and served from September 2, 1867 (date of election), to February 20, 1869, when he was succeeded by J. Francisco Chaves, who contested the election. CLEVER, CHARLES P.: Born…
Jose Francisco Chaves was elected as a Republican to the Thirty‑ninth Congress (March 4, 1865‑March 3, 1867); reelected to the Forty‑first Congress, and served from February 20, 1869, to March 3, 1871. CHAVES, JOSE FRANCISCO: Born in Padillas, Mexico (now New Mexico), June 27, 1833; attended schools in St….
Otero was nominated by the Democratic State convention as a candidate for Delegate to the Forty‑fourth Congress, but declined; elected as a Republican to the Forty‑sixth Congress (March 4, 1879‑March 3, 1881). OTERO, MARIANO SABIN0: Born in Peralta, Valencia County, N. Mex., August 29, 1844; attended private and parochial…
MANZANARES, FRANCISCO ANTONIO: Born in Abiquiu, N. Mex., January 25, 1843; early training was in Spanish; commenced the study of the English language, and attended St. Louis (Mo.) University in 1863 and 1864; engaged in mercantile pursuits at Las Vegas in 1866; successfully contested as a Democrat the election…
LUNA, TRANQUILINO: Born in Los Lunas, Valencia County, N. Mex., February 25, 1849; attended the public schools and was graduated from the University of Missouri at Columbia; engaged extensively in stock raising; delegate to the Republican National Conventions at Chicago in 1880 and 1888; elected as a Republican to…
