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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 of Miguel
Antonio Otero and Mary Josephine (Blackwood) Otero.
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.
Catholic.
Hispanic
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M., August 7,
1944 (age 84 years, 295
days).
Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
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Thomas Benton Catron (1840-1921) —
also known as Thomas B. Catron —
of Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.
Born near Lexington, Lafayette
County, Mo., October
6, 1840.
Republican. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; New Mexico
territory attorney general, 1869-72; U.S.
Attorney for New Mexico, 1872-78; member New
Mexico territorial council, 1884; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from New Mexico Territory, 1895-97; U.S.
Senator from New Mexico, 1912-17; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Mexico, 1916.
Died in Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M., May 15,
1921 (age 80 years, 221
days).
Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
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Arthur Seligman (1871-1933) —
of Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.
Born June 14,
1871.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Mexico,
1916
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1932
(alternate); Governor of
New Mexico, 1931-33; died in office 1933.
Jewish.
Died September
25, 1933 (age 62 years, 103
days).
Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
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William Hayes Pope (1870-1916) —
of Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.
Born in Beaufort, Beaufort
County, S.C., June 14,
1870.
Justice
of New Mexico territorial supreme court, 1903-12; chief
justice of New Mexico territorial supreme court, 1910-12; U.S.
District Judge for New Mexico, 1912-16; died in office 1916.
Died September
13, 1916 (age 46 years, 91
days).
Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
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William Taylor Thornton (1843-1916) —
of Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.
Born in Calhoun, Henry
County, Mo., February
9, 1843.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1876; member New
Mexico territorial council, 1880; mayor of
Santa Fe, N.M., 1891; Governor of
New Mexico Territory, 1893-97.
Died in Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M., March 16,
1916 (age 73 years, 36
days).
Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
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Clarence J. Roberts (1873-1931) —
of New Mexico.
Born in 1873.
Justice
of New Mexico state supreme court.
Died in 1931
(age about
58 years).
Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
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Antonio Joseph (1846-1910) —
of Ojo Caliente, Taos
County, N.M.
Born in Taos, Taos
County, N.M., August
25, 1846.
Democrat. Merchant;
Taos
County Judge, 1878-80; member of New Mexico
territorial House of Representatives, 1882; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from New Mexico Territory, 1885-95; defeated,
1894; member of New Mexico
territorial senate, 1896-98.
Died in Ojo Caliente, Taos
County, N.M., April 19,
1910 (age 63 years, 237
days).
Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
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Alois B. Renehan (1869-1928) —
of New Mexico.
Born in Alexandria,
Va., January
6, 1869.
Democrat. Candidate for member New
Mexico territorial council, 1896; member of New Mexico
state house of representatives, 1915; member of New Mexico
state senate; elected 1924.
Died in a hospital
at Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, April 20,
1928 (age 59 years, 105
days).
Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
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Patrick Jay Hurley (1883-1963) —
also known as Patrick J. Hurley —
of Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla.; Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.
Born in Oklahoma, January
8, 1883.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, 1924,
1932;
U.S.
Secretary of War, 1929-33; general in the U.S. Army during World
War II; U.S. Minister to New Zealand, 1942; U.S. Ambassador to China, 1944-45; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Mexico, 1946, 1948; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Mexico, 1952.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sigma
Chi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died July 30,
1963 (age 80 years, 203
days).
Interment at Santa Fe National Cemetery.
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Charles Bent (1799-1847) —
of Taos, Taos
County, N.M.
Born in Charles Town, Jefferson
County, Va. (now W.Va.), November
11, 1799.
Son of Silas Bent.
Governor
of New Mexico Territory, 1846-47; died in office 1847.
Scalped and killed by Pueblo
attackers during the Taos Revolt, Taos, Taos
County, N.M., January
19, 1847 (age 47 years, 69
days).
Interment at Santa Fe National Cemetery.
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George Curry (1861-1947) —
of Kingston, Sierra
County, N.M.
Born in Bayou Sara, West
Feliciana Parish, La., April 3,
1861.
Son of George Curry and Clara Curry.
Republican. Lincoln
County Clerk, 1888-90; Lincoln
County Assessor, 1890-92; Lincoln
County Sheriff, 1892-94; member of New Mexico
territorial senate, 1894-96; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; Otero
County Sheriff, 1899; governor, Ambos Camarine, Philippine
Islands, 1901; chief of
police, Manila, P.I., 1902; governor, Isabella, P.I., 1904-05;
governor, Samar, P.I., 1905-07; Governor of
New Mexico Territory, 1907-10; U.S.
Representative from New Mexico at-large, 1911-13.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., November
24, 1947 (age 86 years, 235
days).
Interment at Santa Fe National Cemetery.
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Howard Calvin Bratton (1922-2002) —
also known as Howard C. Bratton —
of New Mexico.
Born in Clovis, Curry
County, N.M., February
4, 1922.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for New Mexico, 1964-87; took senior status 1987.
Died May 5,
2002 (age 80 years, 90
days).
Interment at Santa Fe National Cemetery.
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Charles P. Clever (1830-1874) —
of Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.
Born in Cologne (Köln), Germany,
February
23, 1830.
New
Mexico territory attorney general, 1862-67; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from New Mexico Territory, 1867-69.
Died in Tome, Valencia
County, N.M., July 8,
1874 (age 44 years, 135
days).
Interment at Santa Fe National Cemetery.
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Juan Guerrero Burciaga (1929-1995) —
also known as Juan G. Burciaga —
of Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born in Roswell, Chaves
County, N.M., August
17, 1929.
Son of Melesio A. Burciaga and Juana Burciaga.
Lawyer;
U.S.
District Judge for New Mexico, 1979-94; took senior status 1994.
Hispanic
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Arbitration Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; American
Judicature Society.
Died in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., March 5,
1995 (age 65 years, 200
days).
Interment at Santa Fe National Cemetery.
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Santiago E. Campos (1926-2001) —
of Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.
Born in Santa Rosa, Guadalupe
County, N.M., December
25, 1926.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
district judge in New Mexico, 1971-78; U.S.
District Judge for New Mexico, 1978-92; took senior status 1992.
Hispanic
ancestry.
Died, of cancer, in
Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M., January
20, 2001 (age 74 years, 26
days).
Interment at Santa Fe National Cemetery.
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E. S. Johnny Walker (1911-2000) —
of Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.; Silver City, Grant
County, N.M.
Born in Fulton, Fulton
County, Ky., June 18,
1911.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New Mexico
state house of representatives, 1949-52; U.S.
Representative from New Mexico at-large, 1965-69; defeated, 1968.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Elks.
In the New Mexico state legislature, he successfully sponsored a bill
to allow women to serve on juries. In Congress, he sponsored
legislation that created what is now Pecos National Historical Park.
Died of leukemia,
in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., October
8, 2000 (age 89 years, 112
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Santa Fe National Cemetery.
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Mary C. Walters (1922-2001) —
of Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born in 1922.
Lawyer;
delegate
to New Mexico state constitutional convention, 1969; Judge, New Mexico Court of
Appeals, 1978-84; justice of
New Mexico state supreme court, 1984-89.
Female.
Served as a transport pilot, for the Women's Auxiliary Service
Pilots, during World War II.
Died, from complications of bronchitis,
April
4, 2001 (age about 78
years).
Interment at Santa Fe National Cemetery.
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Jose Francisco Chaves (1833-1904) —
also known as J. Francisco Chaves —
of Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.
Born in Los Padillas, Bernalillo
County, N.M., June 27,
1833.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from New Mexico Territory, 1865-67, 1869-71; delegate to
New Mexico state constitutional convention, 1889; New Mexico
superintendent of public instruction, 1903-04; died in office
1904.
Assassinated
in Pinos Wells, Torrance
County, N.M., November
26, 1904 (age 71 years, 152
days).
Interment at Santa Fe National Cemetery.
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William Frederick Milton Arny (1813-1881) —
of Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.; Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan.
Born in Georgetown, Washington,
D.C., May 9,
1813.
Republican. U.S. Indian Agent in various capacities, 1861-62 and
1867-75; secretary
of New Mexico Territory, 1862-67.
Disciples
of Christ.
Died in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., September
18, 1881 (age 68 years, 132
days).
Interment at Santa Fe National Cemetery.
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James Brooks Jones (1886-1947) —
also known as "Jawbone" —
of New Mexico.
Born in South Carolina, September
24, 1886.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Lieutenant
Governor of New Mexico.
Died August 9,
1947 (age 60 years, 319
days).
Interment at Santa Fe National Cemetery.
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Sterling Foster Black (1924-1996) —
also known as Sterling F. Black —
of New Mexico.
Born September
12, 1924.
Democrat. Member of New Mexico
state senate, 1960-69; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Mexico 1st District, 1968.
Died May 20,
1996 (age 71 years, 251
days).
Interment at Santa Fe National Cemetery.
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Joseph Louis Marino (c.1915-2000) —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1915.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 4th District, 1964.
Died in Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M., September
1, 2000 (age about 85
years).
Interment at Santa Fe National Cemetery.
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Michael Alarid (1919-2007) —
of Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born in Trinidad, Las Animas
County, Colo., March 13,
1919.
Son of Victor Alarid and Eutemia (Gonzales) Alarid.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II; supermarket
owner; member of New Mexico
state house of representatives, 1965-66; member of New Mexico
state senate, 1967-72, 1985-92 (34th District 1967-72, 12th
District 1985-92).
Catholic.
Member, Delta
Sigma Pi; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Died August 1,
2007 (age 88 years, 141
days).
Interment at Santa Fe National Cemetery.
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Gordon Edward Sanders (1927-1999) —
also known as Gordon E. Sanders —
of Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., November
27, 1927.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; newscaster
and radio
personality; candidate for mayor
of Albuquerque, N.M., 1981, 1985.
Died of leukemia,
November
25, 1999 (age 71 years, 363
days).
Interment at Santa Fe National Cemetery.
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Olaf K. Fjetland (1893-1969) —
also known as O. K. Fjetland —
of Lemmon, Perkins
County, S.Dak.; Iron River, Iron
County, Mich.; Gladstone, Delta
County, Mich.
Born in Ellsworth, Hamilton
County, Iowa, March 26,
1893.
Son of Ingeborg (Skeie) Fjetland (1850-1936) and Knut Fjetland
(1852-1950).
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; insurance
agent; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South
Dakota, 1924;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1928,
1932.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Died in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., October
6, 1969 (age 76 years, 194
days).
Interment at Santa Fe National Cemetery.
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Edward L. Safford (1888-1972) —
of Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.
Born in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., August 4,
1888.
Son of Charles Valentine Safford and Mary B. (Lenefesty) Safford.
Republican. Banker; newspaper
reporter; New Mexico
Republican state chair, 1931.
Died July 17,
1972 (age 83 years, 348
days).
Interment at Santa Fe National Cemetery.
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