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Politician members in New Mexico

  Michael Alarid (1919-2007) — of Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, N.M. Born in Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colo., March 13, 1919. 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, Santa Fe, N.M.
  Relatives: Son of Victor Alarid and Eutemia (Gonzales) Alarid; married, May 19, 1941, to Stella Salazar.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  George Keyser Angle (1864-1932) — also known as George K. Angle; G. K. Angle — of Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.; Easton, Northampton County, Pa.; Silver City, Grant County, N.M.; Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, N.M. Born in New Jersey, 1864. Democrat. Physician; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Mexico, 1912; served in the U.S. Army during World War I. Member, American Legion; American Medical Association; Sons of the American Revolution; Delta Epsilon. Died in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, N.M., May 8, 1932 (age about 67 years). Interment at Sunset Memorial Park, Albuquerque, N.M.
  Relatives: Son of Jacob Angle and Elizabeth 'Eliza' (Kiser) Angle.
  R. F. Arledge (1907-1968) — also known as Deacon Arledge — of Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, N.M. Born in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, N.C., June 1, 1907. Democrat. Newspaper reporter; lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during World War II; chair of Bernalillo County Democratic Party, 1946; member of New Mexico Democratic State Central Committee, 1946; district judge in New Mexico 2nd District, 1947-50; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Mexico, 1948. Church of Christ. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Pi Kappa Alpha. Died June 16, 1968 (age 61 years, 15 days). Interment at Santa Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, N.M.
  Relatives: Son of Richard F. Arledge and Ellen (Henderson) Arledge; married to Helen Jean Floyd.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  John M. Campbell (1916-1999) — also known as Jack M. Campbell — of New Mexico. Born in Hutchinson, Reno County, Kan., September 10, 1916. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer; member of New Mexico state house of representatives, 1956-62; Speaker of the New Mexico State House of Representatives, 1961-62; Governor of New Mexico, 1963-67. Catholic. Member, Rotary; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Died in a retirement home at Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, N.M., June 14, 1999 (age 82 years, 277 days). Burial location unknown.
  See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier
  David Francis Cargo (1929-2013) — also known as David F. Cargo; "Lonesome Dave" — of New Mexico; Lake Oswego, Clackamas County, Ore. Born in Dowagiac, Cass County, Mich., January 13, 1929. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Mexico state house of representatives, 1963-67; Governor of New Mexico, 1967-71; defeated, 1994; candidate for U.S. Senator from New Mexico, 1970, 1972; candidate for Oregon state treasurer, 1984; candidate for U.S. Representative from New Mexico 3rd District, 1986. Catholic. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Lions; Izaak Walton League. Died, from complications of a stroke, in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, N.M., July 5, 2013 (age 84 years, 173 days). Burial location unknown.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile
  Books by David F. Cargo: Lonesome Dave: The Story of New Mexico Governor David Francis Cargo
  Vincent Michael Carter (1891-1972) — also known as Vincent M. Carter — of Kemmerer, Lincoln County, Wyo.; Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyo.; Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, N.M. Born in St. Clair, Schuylkill County, Pa., November 6, 1891. Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lawyer; Wyoming state auditor, 1923-29; U.S. Representative from Wyoming at-large, 1929-35; candidate for U.S. Senator from Wyoming, 1934; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wyoming, 1936 (member, Credentials Committee), 1940 (member, Credentials Committee). Catholic. Member, American Legion; Elks; Knights of Columbus; Moose; Eagles; American Bar Association; Pi Gamma Mu. Died in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, N.M., December 30, 1972 (age 81 years, 54 days). Interment at Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Albuquerque, N.M.
  Relatives: Son of William J. Carter and Julia Anna (Clarke) Carter; married, July 2, 1921, to Helen Carlson; married, August 13, 1929, to Mary Crowley.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Bronson Murray Cutting (1888-1935) — also known as Bronson M. Cutting — of Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, N.M. Born in Oakdale, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., June 23, 1888. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Senator from New Mexico, 1927-28, 1929-35; died in office 1935; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Mexico, 1932; member of Republican National Committee from New Mexico, 1932. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion. Killed, along with both pilots and one other passenger, when a twin-engine Transcontinental and Western air liner, ran out of fuel in a dense fog, and crashed near Atlanta, Macon County, Mo., May 6, 1935 (age 46 years, 317 days). Nine other passengers were injured. Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of William Bayard Cutting and Olivia Peyton (Murray) Cutting; great-grandnephew of Henry Walter Livingston; second great-grandson of Walter Livingston; second great-grandnephew of Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794) and Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792); third great-grandson of Robert Livingston (1708-1790); third great-grandnephew of Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Philip Livingston, William Livingston, Philip John Schuyler, Philip P. Schuyler and Stephen John Schuyler; fourth great-grandson of Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746) and Stephanus Bayard; fourth great-grandnephew of John Livingston, Robert Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert Livingston; fifth great-grandson of Stephanus Van Cortlandt, Robert Livingston the Elder, Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724), Pieter Van Brugh and Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747); fifth great-grandnephew of Jacobus Van Cortlandt and Johannes Cuyler; sixth great-grandson of Nicholas Bayard (c.1644-1707); seventh great-grandnephew of Pieter Stuyvesant; first cousin twice removed of Edward Livingston (1796-1840); first cousin four times removed of Philip Peter Livingston, Henry Brockholst Livingston, Peter Samuel Schuyler and Philip Jeremiah Schuyler; first cousin five times removed of Robert Gilbert Livingston, Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775), Pierre Van Cortlandt and Nicholas Bayard (1736-1802); first cousin six times removed of Robert Livingston the Younger, Cornelis Cuyler and John Cruger Jr.; first cousin seven times removed of David Davidse Schuyler and Myndert Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin twice removed of Peter Robert Livingston (1789-1859); second cousin thrice removed of Stephen Van Rensselaer, Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Peter Augustus Jay, Rensselaer Westerlo, Edward Philip Livingston, William Alexander Duer, John Duer, Philip Schuyler, James Alexander Hamilton, William Jay and Charles Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873); second cousin four times removed of Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Robert Van Rensselaer, Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), James Livingston, John Tyler (1747-1813), Philip Van Cortlandt, Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr., Edward Livingston (1764-1836) and James Parker; second cousin five times removed of Volkert Petrus Douw, James Jay, Henry Cruger, Hendrick Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, John Jay, Frederick Jay and Killian Killian Van Rensselaer; third cousin of Charles Ludlow Livingston (born 1870) and John Eliot Thayer Jr.; third cousin once removed of Brockholst Livingston; third cousin twice removed of William Duer, Henry Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning Duer, Henry Brockholst Ledyard and John Jay II; third cousin thrice removed of George Madison, Peter Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Maturin Livingston, John Tyler (1790-1862), Hamilton Fish, John Cortlandt Parker and James Adams Ekin; fourth cousin of Herbert Livingston Satterlee; fourth cousin once removed of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Nicholas Fish, Hamilton Fish Jr., Robert Ray Hamilton, John Kean and Hamilton Fish Kean.
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; VanRensselaer family of Albany, New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Politician named for him: Bronson C. LaFollette
  Epitaph: "Light and understanding and wisdom was found in him. And the common people heard him gladly."
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Mack Easley (1916-2006) — of Hobbs, Lea County, N.M. Born in Akins, Sequoyah County, Okla., October 14, 1916. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; member of New Mexico state house of representatives, 1951-52, 1955-62; Speaker of the New Mexico State House of Representatives, 1959-60; chair of Lea County Democratic Party, 1955-64; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Mexico, 1960; Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico, 1963-64. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Legion; Lions. Died March 1, 2006 (age 89 years, 138 days). Interment at Santa Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, N.M.
  Relatives: Son of John Robert Easley and Mary Ellen (Duggans) Easley; married, November 17, 1939, to Loyce Anna Rogers.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Lake Jenkins Frazier (b. 1898) — also known as Lake J. Frazier — of Winchester, Va.; Roswell, Chaves County, N.M. Born near Danville, Montour County, Pa., December 11, 1898. Democrat. Lawyer; probate judge in New Mexico, 1931-32; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Mexico, 1948; mayor of Roswell, N.M., 1948-51. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Disabled American Veterans; Sons of the American Revolution; Delta Theta Phi; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Kiwanis. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Daniel Edward Frazier and Sarah Jane (Herr) Frazier; married 1921 to Helen P. Holshue.
  William Edward Hilsman (1900-1964) — also known as William E. Hilsman — of St. Louis, Mo. Born in St. Louis, Mo., May 22, 1900. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; insurance business; member of Missouri state senate 3rd District, 1949-64; died in office 1964. Catholic. Member, American Legion. Died in Lordsburg, Hidalgo County, N.M., March 24, 1964 (age 63 years, 307 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
  Relatives: Married, September 8, 1928, to Mary Loretto Hayes.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  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, Resolutions Committee; speaker), 1956. 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, Santa Fe, N.M.
  See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Thomas Gayle Morris (1919-2016) — also known as Tom Morris — of New Mexico. Born in Eastland County, Tex., August 20, 1919. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of New Mexico state house of representatives, 1953-58; U.S. Representative from New Mexico at-large, 1959-69; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Mexico, 1960. Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; Disabled American Veterans; American Legion; Elks; Lions. Died in Amarillo, Potter County, Tex., March 4, 2016 (age 96 years, 197 days). Burial location unknown.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Ernest Karl Neumann (1898-1959) — also known as Ernest K. Neumann — of Carlsbad, Eddy County, N.M. Born in Delavan, Tazewell County, Ill., December 15, 1898. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; member of New Mexico state house of representatives, 1927; New Mexico state attorney general, 1931-35. Quaker. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Phi Alpha Delta; Freemasons; Elks; Lions. Died April 13, 1959 (age 60 years, 119 days). Interment at Carlsbad Cemetery, Carlsbad, N.M.
  Relatives: Son of Ernest W. Neumann and Lina (Baessler) Neumann; married, December 2, 1931, to Elizabeth Ellen Hogue.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Edward Ross Roybal (1916-2005) — also known as Edward R. Roybal — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, N.M., February 10, 1916. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of California, 1954; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1988 (speaker); U.S. Representative from California, 1963-93 (30th District 1963-75, 25th District 1975-93). Catholic. Hispanic ancestry. Member, American Legion; Knights of Columbus; Optimist Club. Died, from respiratory failure and pneumonia, in Huntington Hospital, Pasadena, Los Angeles County, Calif., October 24, 2005 (age 89 years, 256 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Father of Lucille Roybal-Allard.
  The Edward R. Roybal Infectious Disease Lab, in Atlanta, Georgia, is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  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, Santa Fe, N.M.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
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