List of Lieutenant Governors 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
- List of New Mexico governors
- List of United States Senators from New Mexico
- List of members of the United States House of Representatives from New Mexico
Individual evidence
- ↑ Female Governors (1920–1990)
- ↑ David Maciel, Erlinda Gonzales-Berry: The contested homeland: a Chicano history of New Mexico. UNM Press, 2000, ISBN 0-8263-2199-2 , p. 206.
- ^ 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.
Web links
- Blue Book 2012 (PDF; 28.9 MB), Office of the New Mexico Secretary of State, July 2012, p. 211.
- The State of New Mexico - Office of the Lieutenant Governor
- Paul L. Hain, F. Chris Garcia, Gilbert K. St. Clair (Eds.): New Mexico Government. 3. Edition. 1994, p. 24.