Biography of Merritt C. Mechem, governor from January 1921 to January 1923. Born at Ottawa, Kans., October 10, 1870, a son of Homer Clark and Martha Shannon (Davenport) Mechem; attended the public schools in Ottawa and Ottawa University; studied law and for a time attended Kansas University; admitted to…
Born in Murfreesboro, Tenn., in 1885, Miles was elected governor of the State of New Mexico in 1938 and served two terms, from 1939-1942. Born in Murfreesboro, Tenn., July 28, 1885; attended public and high schools of Tennessee; moved to New Mexico in 1906, and was in mercantile business…
Born in Santa Fe, NM, in 1873, Seligman served as governor the State of New Mexico from 1931 to 1933. by Suzanne Stamatov Arthur Seligman, born 14 June 1871, became Governor of New Mexico in January 1931. He was the first native-born, non-Hispanic, governor of Jewish ancestry. After serving…
Born on January 11, 1849 at Yazoo City, Mississippi, the son of William, a physician and planter, and Harriet (Beale) Mills. An Episcopalian, Mills was married at West Haven, Connecticut on January 14, 1885 to Alice Waddingham, by whom he was the father of Wilson W., Alice L., and…
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;
