List of Lieutenant Governors of New Mexico

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Howie Morales, current Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico

The Office of the Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico ( Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico ) was in the course of the transformation of the territory to a state of the United States created. In addition, until 1962 in New Mexico, the lieutenant governor and governor were elected separately and not together as in other states. Therefore, the lieutenant governor could belong to a different political party than the governor.

State of New Mexico

Lieutenant Governors under the 1911 Constitution

The vice governor's term of office was limited to a single four-year term.

Surname Term of office Political party
Ezequiel Cabeza de Baca 1912-1916 democrat

Lieutenant Governors under the 1914 Constitution

The vice governor's term was limited to two consecutive two-year terms.

Surname Term of office Political party Remarks
Washington Ellsworth Lindsey 1917 republican Lindsey was elected lieutenant governor in 1916, but held the post for only 49 days, since he took office after the death of Governor Ezequiel Cabeza de Baca on February 18, 1917.
vacant
Benjamin F. Pankey 1919-1920 republican
William H. Duckworth 1921-1922 republican
José A. Baca 1923-1924 democrat Baca died in office in May 1924.
Soledad Chavez Chacón 1924 democrat Chacón was Secretary of State of New Mexico and acting governor for two weeks between June and July 1924. She was the first woman to hold this office.
vacant
Edward G. Sargent 1925-1928 republican
Hugh Beistle Woodward 1929 republican Woodward resigned as lieutenant governor in July 1929 to take up the post of US attorney.
vacant
Andrew W. Hockenhull 1931-1933 democrat After the death of Governor Arthur Seligman on September 25, 1933, Hockenhull took over his office.
vacant
Louis C. de Baca 1935-1936 democrat
Hiram M. Dow 1937-1938 democrat
James M. Murray , Sr. 1939-1940 democrat
Ceferino Quintana 1941-1942 democrat
James B. Jones 1943-1946 democrat
Joseph Manuel Montoya 1947-1950 democrat
Tibo J. Chavez 1951-1954 democrat
Joseph Manuel Montoya 1955-1957 democrat Montoya resigned from office in 1957 to take a seat in the US Congress.
vacant

Lieutenant Governors under the 1958 Constitution

Surname Term of office Political party Remarks
Ed V. Mead 1959-1960 democrat
Thomas Felix Bolack 1961–1962 republican Bolack was elected lieutenant governor in November 1960. After the resignation of Governor Edwin L. Mechem on November 30, 1962, he took over his official duties.
vacant
Mack Easley 1963-1964 democrat

Lieutenant Governors under the 1962 Constitution

From 1964, the governor and lieutenant governor are elected together on a ballot paper.

Surname Term of office Political party
Mack Easley 1965-1966 democrat
E. Lee Francis 1967-1970 republican

Lieutenant Governors under the 1970 Constitution

The vice governor's term of office was limited to a single four-year term.

Surname Term of office Political party
Roberto A. Mondragón 1971-1974 democrat
Robert E. Ferguson 1975-1988 democrat
Roberto A. Mondragón 1979-1982 democrat
Mike Runnels 1983-1986 democrat
Jack L. Stahl 1987-1990 republican

Lieutenant Governors under the 1986 Constitution

The vice governor's term of office was limited to two consecutive four-year terms.

Surname Term of office Political party
Casey Luna 1991-1994 democrat
Walter D. Bradley 1995-2002 republican
Diane Daniels Denish 2003-2010 democrat
John A. Sanchez 2011-2019 republican
Henry C. Morales since 2019 democrat

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Female Governors (1920–1990)
  2. ↑ David Maciel, Erlinda Gonzales-Berry: The contested homeland: a Chicano history of New Mexico. UNM Press, 2000, ISBN 0-8263-2199-2 , p. 206.
  3. ^ Soledad Chávez Chacón (1890-1936). In: Vicki Ruíz, Virginia Sánchez Korrol: Latinas in the United States: a historical encyclopedia. Volume 1, Indiana University Press, 2006, ISBN 0-253-34681-9 , pp. 143.

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