The Political Graveyard: Otero-Emmett family of New Mexico

Otero-Emmett family of New Mexico

Note: This is just one of 643 family groupings listed on The Political Graveyard web site. These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.

Some families traditionally (and perhaps properly) considered separately are joined together here if linked by marriage or otherwise. These groupings — even the names of the groupings, and the state or lists of states of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm, not the choices of any historian or genealogist.

Lafayette Emmett — of St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn. Father-in-law of Miguel Antonio Otero II. Minnesota territory attorney general, 1853-58; chief justice of Minnesota state supreme court, 1858-65. Burial location unknown.
Miguel Antonio Otero (1829-1882) — also known as Miguel A. Otero — of Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, N.M. Born in Valencia, Valencia County, N.M., June 21, 1829. Uncle of Mariano Sabino Otero; father of Miguel Antonio Otero II. Member of New Mexico territorial House of Representatives, 1852-54; U.S. Attorney for New Mexico, 1853; New Mexico territory attorney general, 1854; Delegate to U.S. Congress from New Mexico Territory, 1856-61; secretary of New Mexico Territory, 1861-62. Hispanic. Catholic. Died in Las Vegas, San Miguel County, N.M., May 30, 1882. Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
- See also: congressional biography.
Mariano Sabino Otero (1844-1904) — of New Mexico. Born in Peralta, Valencia County, N.M., August 29, 1844. Nephew of Miguel Antonio Otero. Delegate to U.S. Congress from New Mexico Territory, 1879-81. Hispanic. Catholic. Died in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, N.M., February 1, 1904. Interment at Santa Barbara Cemetery, Albuquerque, N.M.
- See also: congressional biography.
Miguel Antonio Otero II (1859-1944) — also known as Miguel A. Otero — of Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, N.M.; Ancon, Canal Zone (now Panama). Born in St. Louis, Mo., October 17, 1859. Son-in-law of Lafayette Emmett; son of Miguel Antonio Otero and Mary Josephine (Blackwood) Otero; married, December 19, 1888, to Caroline V. Emmett; married, October 1, 1913, to Maude P. Frost. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New Mexico Territory, 1892, 1900, 1904; Governor of New Mexico Territory, 1897-1906; treasurer of New Mexico Territory, 1909-11; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Canal Zone, 1920, 1924; member of Democratic National Committee from Canal Zone, 1920-24; member of Democratic National Committee from New Mexico. Hispanic. Catholic. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Knights of Pythias; Elks. Died in Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, N.M., August 7, 1944. Interment at Fairview Cemetery, Santa Fe, N.M. Otero County, N.M. is named for him.

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