Thomas B. Catron

Thomas B. Catron

Thomas Benton Catron (born October 6, 1840 in Lexington , Missouri , †  May 15, 1921 in Santa Fe , New Mexico ) was an American politician ( Republican Party ) who significantly influenced the founding of the state of New Mexico and then also represented in the US Senate .

career

Catron earned his law degree from the University of Missouri in 1860. He served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War . After the lost war, like other veterans, he moved to what was then New Mexico in 1866 and settled in Las Cruces . He quickly became a district attorney there and then served from 1869 to 1872 as Attorney General of the New Mexico Territory. Catron represented the Territory from 1895 to 1897 as a delegate in the US House of Representatives .

Catron made an early commitment to a state of New Mexico and when New Mexico finally became the 47th state member of the Union in 1912, he was elected Senator by a large majority. His political career was overshadowed by his friendship with Albert B. Fall , a politician involved in many scandals. In 1916 his party asked him not to run for the Senate again. He complied with this request and withdrew into private life.

The Catron County , New Mexico was named after him.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 , Rowman & Littlefield, 2013, p. 48, ISBN 9780810887619

Web links

• Thomas B. Catron in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Thomas B. Catron in the database of Find a Grave (English)