J. H. Crist

 

J. H. CRIST, atty.; delegate, Rio Arriba county; (Dem.); b. April 3, 1876, Loysville, Penna.; s. of Jacob and Mary A. (Tressler) Crist; educ. publ schls. academy and Pennsylvania college; taught school while attending academy preparing for college; came to New Mexico 1884; operated coal mines three years; edited and published Democratic newspaper at Santa Fe for four years; practiced law; district attorney First Judicial District, five years; chairman Dem Terr. Central Comm., eight years; delegate Nat. Dem. Conv., Denver, 1908.

Address, Santa Fe, N. M.