Michelle Lujan Grisham is the thirty-second governor of the state of New Mexico, the first Democratic Latina to be elected governor in U.S. history. A longtime state Cabinet secretary at…

WILLIAM C. MCDONALD, the first governor of New Mexico, was born in Jordanville, New York on July 25, 1858. His education was attained at Cazenovia Seminary in New York. He…

EZEQUIEL C. DE BACA was born in Las Vegas, New Mexico, on November 1, 1864. His early education was attained in parochial schools of his hometown, and later he attended…

WASHINGTON E. LINDSEY was born near Armstrong, Ohio, on December 20, 1862. His education was attained at Scio College in Ohio, from which he graduated in 1884; and at the…

OCTAVIANO A. LARRAZOLO was born in Allende, Chihuahua, Mexico, on December 7, 1859. His education was attained at St. Michael’s College in New Mexico, where he studied theology for two…

MERRITT C. MECHEM was born in Ottawa, Kansas, on October 10, 1870. His education was attained at Ottawa University, and at the University of Kansas, where he studied law. Mechem…

JAMES F. HINKLE was born in Franklin County, Missouri, on October 20, 1864. His education was attained at the University of Missouri. After moving to New Mexico in 1885, Hinkle…

ARTHUR T. HANNETT was born in Lyons, New York, on February 17, 1884. His education was attained at the University of Buffalo, and at Syracuse University, where he earned an…

RICHARD C. DILLON was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on June 24, 1877. His early education was attained in the common schools of his native state. He later attended the…

ARTHUR SELIGMAN was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on June 14, 1873. His education was attained at the Southmore College Preparatory School in Pennsylvania, where he graduated in 1887,…

ANDREW W. HOCKENHULL was born near Bolivar, Missouri, on January 16, 1877. His education was attained at the Southwest Baptist College in Bolivar, at the University of Missouri, from which…