JOSEPH, ANTONIO: Born in Taos, N. Mex., August 25, 1846; attended Lux’s Academy in Taos, Bishop Lamy’s School in Santa Fe, N. Mex., Webster College in St. Louis County, Mo., and Bryant & Stratton’s Commercial College, St. Louis, Mo.; engaged in mercantile pursuits; county judge of Taos County, N….
Biography of Benigno Hernandez. HERNANDEZ, BENIGNO CARDENAS: Born in Taos, N. Mex., February 13, 1862; attended common and private schools; clerk in a general merchandise establishment in Taos County from 1880 to 1889; engaged in the general merchandising and stock‑raising business; moved to Lumberton in 1896 and engaged in…
Senate Years of Service: 1949-1973 Party: Democrat ANDERSON, Clinton Presba, a Representative and a Senator from New Mexico; born in Centerville, Turner County, S.Dak., October 23, 1895; attended the public schools, Dakota Wesleyan University, Mitchell, S.Dak., and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor; moved to Albuquerque, N.Mex., in…
Rodey was a member of the Territorial senate in 1889; author of the bill creating the University of New Mexico; member of the constitutional convention of New Mexico in 1890; and elected as a Republican to the Fifty‑seventh and Fifty‑eighth Congresses (March 4, 1901‑March 3, 1905). RODEY, BERNARD SHANDON:…
Perea served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention at St. Louis in 1896; elected as a Republican to the Fifty‑sixth Congress (March 4, 1899‑March 3, 1901). PEREA, PEDRO: Born in Bernalillo, Sandoval County, N. Mex., April 22, 1852; attended St. Michael’s College, Santa Fe, N. Mex., Georgetown…
Perea served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention at Baltimore in 1864; elected as a Republican to the Thirty‑eighth Congress (March 4, 1863, to March 3, 1865). PEREA, FRANCISCO: Born in Padillas, N. Mex. (then in the Republic of Mexico), January 9, 1830; attended a select school…
BURSUM, HOLM O.: Republican, of Socorro; stock raiser; born at Fort Dodge, Iowa, February 10, 1867; resident of New Mexico since 1881; member of Territorial senate 1899‑1900; delegate to the Republican National Conventions 1904, 1908, 1912; chairman of the Republican Territorial central committee 1905, 1911; member and Republican floor…
WALTON, WILLIAM BELL: Born in Altoona, Blair County, Pa., January 23, 1871; attended the public schools and the South Jersey Institute, Bridgeton, N. J.; moved to New Mexico in 1891; studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1893, and commenced practice at 37 Deming, N. Mex.; member of…
SIMMS, ALBERT GALLATIN: Republican, of Albuquerque, N. Mex.; born in Washington, Ark., 1882; attended private schools and University of Arkansas; resided from 1906 to 1912 in Monterrey, Mexico; came to Silver City, N. Mex., in 1912; admitted to the bar in 1915; during World War served as field director…
Biography of Nestor Montoya MONTOYA, NESTOR: Born in Old Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, N. Mex., April 14, 1862; attended the common schools, and was graduated from St. Michael’s College, Santa Fe, N. Mex., in 1881; began newspaper work in 1889; owned and edited the Spanish paper called “La Bandera Americana”…
