José A. Baca

José A. Baca (* in San Miguel County , New Mexico ; † May 1924 in Las Vegas , New Mexico) was an American politician of Spanish - French descent. Between 1923 and 1924 he served as lieutenant governor in the state of New Mexico .

Career

José A. Baca was born in San Miguel County in the 19th century. He attended schools in his county and later the Sacred Heart College in Denver ( Colorado ). Then he worked as a sheep farmer. He was also a director of the People's National Bank in Las Vegas. He married Marguerite Pendaries Baca. She was Secretary of State of New Mexico between 1930 and 1934. The couple owned a 2,000 acre vacation ranch at Rociada .

Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Party . He was elected lieutenant governor of New Mexico in 1922 - a post he held from January 1923 until his death in May 1924. Baca had a weak heart. After he caught a cold, it developed into pneumonia , from which he finally died in May 1924. His funeral took place on May 20, 1924 in Mont Calvery Cemetery , Las Vegas.

literature

• Blue Book 2012 (PDF; 28.9 MB) , Office of the New Mexico Secretary of State, July 2012, pp. 211f, 214 and 218
• The King of the World in the Land of the Pygmies , Joan Mark, U of Nebraska Press, 1998, ISBN 0803282508 , p. 87
• New Mexico: A Guide to the Colorful State , Joseph Miller, North American Book Dist LLC, 1953, ISBN 0403021812 , p. 378
• Official register , Iowa General Assembly, 1923, p. 551
• Turn Left at the Sleeping Dog: Scripting the Santa Fe Legend, 1920-1955 , John Pen La Farge, UNM Press, 2006, ISBN 0826320155 , pp. 115, 128 and 188
• Wisconsin Blue Book, 1923 , Legislative Reference Bureau, 1923, p. 695

Web links

• José A. Baca on the rootsweb.com website
• José A. Baca on the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections website
• atoztheusa.com