E. Lee Francis

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Elias Lee Francis II (born March 16, 1913 in Seboyeta , New Mexico , † 2001 ) was an American politician . Between 1967 and 1970 he served as lieutenant governor in the state of New Mexico .

Career

Elias Lee Francis II, son of Lebanese immigrants, was born about a year before the outbreak of World War I in Seboyeta, Cibola County . It is a village - a Spanish- Mexican donation of land north of the Laguna Pueblo . As a result, he spoke only Spanish and Arabic until he was ten . Due to the lack of a Syrian-Maronite church , he was raised Roman Catholic . He owned the Cubero Trading Company . His wife Ethel Haines (1916-1991) was a Native American of the Laguna Pueblo- Anishinaabe and of Scottish descent. Before her wedding, she converted from Presbyterianism to Catholicism. The couple had five children together, including Paula Gunn Allen (1939-2008) and Elias Lee Francis III. (1945-2003). His daughter Paula was a professor of English and American Indian Studies at the University of California at Los Angeles and one of the most prominent Native American authors. His son Elias was a Laguna Pueblo-Anishinaabe poet, educator, and founder of the Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers .

Politically, Francis II belonged to the Republican Party . In 1966 he was elected lieutenant governor of New Mexico - a post he held from 1967 to 1970. He died in 2001 and was then buried in Mount Calvary Cemetery in Albuquerque .

literature

  • Blue Book 2012 (PDF; 28.9 MB) , Office of the New Mexico Secretary of State, July 2012, pp. 65, 211, 216 and 218

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SURNAME Francis, E. Lee
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Francis, Elias Lee II.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 16, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Seboyeta , New Mexico
DATE OF DEATH 2001