Governors of New Mexico

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GOVERNORS OF NEW MEXICO

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In 1846 the U.S. Army invaded and occupied New Mexico until 1850, when it was made an official U.S. Territory. The first of 18 territorial governors took office the following year. Since becoming a state in 1912, 28 individuals have held the office of governor of New Mexico, two of whom - Edwin L. Mechem and Bruce King - served three non-consecutive terms each. Governors Susan Martinez and Michelle Lujan Grisham are the first and second woman to hold the office, respectively.

In the below list, columns can be sorted by clicking on the arrow button in any category heading box. A "C" in the final column denotes a Notable who has been successfully connected to the Big Tree. "N/C" stands for Not Connected.

GOVERNORS OF NEW MEXICO TERRITORY

#	Governor	Born	Died	Term	Photo	C
1	James S. Calhoun	1802	1852	1851-1852		C
2	William Carr Lane	1789	1863	1852-1853		C
3	David Meriwether	1800	1893	1853-1857		C
4	Abraham Rencher	1798	1883	1857-1861		C
5	Henry Connelly	1800	1866	1861-1866		C
6	Robert Byington Mitchell	1823	1882	1866-1869		C
7	William Anderson Pile	1829	1889	1869-1871		C
8	Marsh Giddings	1816	1875	1871-1875		C
Act	William G. Ritch	1830	1904	1875		C
9	Samuel Beach Axtell	1819	1891	1875-1878		C
10	Lewis Wallace	1827	1905	1878-1881		C
11	Lionel Allen Sheldon	1828	1917	1881-1885		C
12	Edmund G. Ross	1826	1907	1885-1887		C
13	L. Bradford Prince	1840	1922	1889-1893		C
14	William Taylor Thornton	1843	1916	1893-1897		C
15	Miguel Antonio Otero	1859	1944	1897-1906		C
16	Herbert James Hagerman	1871	1935	1906-1907		C
17	George Curry	1861	1947	1907-19010		C
18	William J. Mills	1849	1915	1910-1912		C

GOVERNORS OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO

#	Governor	Born	Died	Term	Photo	C
1	William C. McDonald	1858	1918	1912-1917		C
2	Ezequiel Cabeza de Baca	1864	1917	1917		C
3	Washington Lindsey	1862	1926	1917-1919		C
4	Octavio Larrazolo	1859	1930	1919-1921		C
5	Merritt C. Mechem	1870	1946	1921-1923		C
6	James F, Hinkle	1862	1951	1923-1925		C
7	Arthur T. Hannett	1884	1966	1925-1927		C
8	Richard C. Dillon	1877	1966	1927-1931		C
9	Arthur Seligman	1871	1933	1931-1933		C
10	Andrew W. Hockenhull	1877	1974	1933-1935		C
11	Clyde Tingley	1881	1960	1935-1939		C
12	John E. Miles	1884	1971	1939-1943		C
13	John J. Dempsey	1879	1958	1943-1947		C
14	Thomas J. Mabry	1884	1962	1947-1951		C
15	Edwin L. Mechem	1912	2002	1951-1955		C
16	John F. Simms	1916	1975	1955-1957		C
17	Edwin L. Mechem	1912	2002	1957-1959		C
18	John Burroughs	1907	1978	1959-1961		C
19	Edwin L. Mechem	1912	2002	1961-1962		C
20	Thomas Bolack	1918	1998	1962-1963		C
21	Jack M. Campbell	1916	1999	1963-1967		C
22	David Cargo	1929	2013	1967-1971		C
23	Bruce King	1924	2009	1975		C
24	Jerry Apodaca	1934	Living	1975-1979		C
25	Bruce King	1924	2009	1983		C
26	Tony Anaya	1941	Living	1983-1987		N/C
27	Garrey Caruthers	1939	Living	1987-1991		N/C
28	Bruce King	1924	2009	1995		C
29	Gary Johnson	1953	Living	1995-2003		N/C
30	Bill Richardson	1947	Living	2003-2011		N/C
31	Susana Martinez	1959	Living	2011-2019		N/C
32	Michelle Lujan Grisham	1959	Living	2019-present		N/C