List of governors of New Mexico

The governor of New Mexico is the head of government of New Mexico and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. The governor has a duty to enforce state laws, the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the New Mexico Legislature, to convene the legislature at any time, and to grant pardons.

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Twenty-eight individuals have held the office of governor of New Mexico since the state's admission to the Union in 1912, two of whom—Edwin L. Mechem and Bruce King—served three non-consecutive terms. King holds the record as New Mexico's longest-serving governor, with 12 years of service. William C. McDonald, the first governor, took office on January 15, 1912. The current officeholder is Michelle Lujan Grisham, who took office on January 1, 2019, as the first elected female Democratic governor of the state.

Governors
For the governors of Nuevo México under Mexican and Spanish rule prior to the U.S. territorial phase, see List of Spanish governors of New Mexico and List of Mexican governors of New Mexico.

Governors under military rule

On August 18, 1846, American forces led by Stephen W. Kearny captured Santa Fe, capital of the Mexican territory of Santa Fe de Nuevo México.[1] A code of laws known as the Kearny Code was established on September 22, 1846.[2] The region remained under military control until formally annexed by the United States on July 4, 1848. Following Kearny's departure for California on September 26, the chief military officer in the territory was Col. Sterling Price until October 11, 1848; Lt. Col. John M. Washington until October 23, 1849; and Col. John Munroe until the territory was organized.

Kearny appointed Charles Bent as governor before he left for California; Bent would be assassinated during the Taos Revolt on January 19, 1847. Col. Price appointed Donaciano Vigil as acting governor. A statehood convention chose Henry Connelly as governor on June 20, 1850, but this was never recognized by the federal government.

Governors of the Territory of New Mexico

New Mexico Territory was organized on December 13, 1850.[3] It would remain a territory for 62 years.

Governors of the Territory of New Mexico
No. Governor Term in office[lower-alpha 1] Appointing President
1 James Calhoun
(1802–1852)
[4]		 January 9, 1851[lower-alpha 2]
–
July 2, 1852
(died in office)[lower-alpha 3]		 Millard Fillmore
2 William Carr Lane
(1789–1863)
[7]		 July 15, 1852[lower-alpha 4]
–
May 6, 1853
(successor appointed)[lower-alpha 5]		 Millard Fillmore
3 David Meriwether
(1800–1893)
[11]		 May 6, 1853[lower-alpha 6]
–
August 17, 1857
(successor appointed)[lower-alpha 7]		 Franklin Pierce
4 Abraham Rencher
(1798–1883)
[14]		 August 17, 1857[lower-alpha 8]
–
May 24, 1861
(successor appointed)		 James Buchanan
5 Henry Connelly
(1800–1866)
[17]		 May 24, 1861[lower-alpha 9]
–
January 15, 1866
(successor appointed)[lower-alpha 10]		 Abraham Lincoln
6 Robert Byington Mitchell
(1823–1882)
[22]		 January 15, 1866[lower-alpha 11]
–
May 28, 1869
(resigned)[lower-alpha 12][lower-alpha 13]		 Andrew Johnson
7 William A. Pile
(1829–1889)
[26]		 May 28, 1869[lower-alpha 14]
–
July 27, 1871
(successor appointed)		 Ulysses S. Grant
8 Marsh Giddings
(1816–1875)
[28]		 July 27, 1871[lower-alpha 15]
–
June 3, 1875
(died in office)[lower-alpha 16]		 Ulysses S. Grant
9 Samuel Beach Axtell
(1819–1891)
[32]		 June 8, 1875[lower-alpha 17]
–
September 4, 1878
(suspended)[lower-alpha 18]		 Ulysses S. Grant
10 Lew Wallace
(1827–1905)
[36]		 September 4, 1878[lower-alpha 19]
–
May 5, 1881
(resigned)[lower-alpha 20]		 Rutherford B. Hayes
11 Lionel Allen Sheldon
(1828–1917)
[40]		 May 5, 1881[lower-alpha 21]
–
May 23, 1885
(successor appointed)		 James A. Garfield
12 Edmund G. Ross
(1826–1907)
[43]		 May 23, 1885[lower-alpha 22]
–
April 2, 1889
(successor appointed)		 Grover Cleveland
13 L. Bradford Prince
(1840–1922)
[47]		 April 2, 1889[lower-alpha 23]
–
April 7, 1893
(successor appointed)		 Benjamin Harrison
14 William Taylor Thornton
(1843–1916)
[50]		 April 7, 1893[lower-alpha 24]
–
April 5, 1897
(resigned)[lower-alpha 25]		 Grover Cleveland
15 Miguel Antonio Otero
(1859–1944)
[54]		 June 2, 1897[lower-alpha 26]
–
January 10, 1906
(successor appointed)		 William McKinley
16 Herbert James Hagerman
(1871–1935)
[57]		 January 10, 1906[lower-alpha 27]
–
May 3, 1907
(resigned)[lower-alpha 28]		 Theodore Roosevelt
17 George Curry
(1861–1947)
[60]		 May 27, 1907[lower-alpha 29]
–
February 28, 1910
(resigned)[lower-alpha 30]		 Theodore Roosevelt
18 William J. Mills
(1849–1915)
[63]		 March 1, 1910[lower-alpha 31]
–
January 14, 1912
(statehood)[lower-alpha 32]		 William Howard Taft

Governors of the State of New Mexico

The state of New Mexico was admitted to the Union on January 6, 1912.[66]

The state constitution of 1912 called for the election of a governor and lieutenant governor every four years. The term was changed to two years by a 1914 amendment, and lengthened back to four years in 1970. Governors originally could not succeed themselves; this was changed in 1914 to allow governors to succeed themselves once before having to take a term off. With the lengthening of the term to four years in 1970, this was changed back to prohibiting them from succeeding themselves, but in 1986 it was lengthened back to two terms. A 1962 amendment made it so that the governor and lieutenant governor are elected on a ticket (election).[67] In the event of a vacancy in the office of governor, the lieutenant governor becomes governor.[68]

Governors of the State of New Mexico
No. Governor Term in office Party Election Lt. Governor[lower-alpha 33]
1   William C. McDonald
(1858–1918)
[69][70]		 January 15, 1912[71]
–
January 1, 1917
(term-limited)		 Democratic 1911   Ezequiel Cabeza De Baca
2 Ezequiel Cabeza De Baca
(1864–1917)
[72][73]		 January 1, 1917[74]
–
February 18, 1917
(died in office)		 Democratic 1916 Washington Ellsworth Lindsey[lower-alpha 34]
3 Washington Ellsworth Lindsey
(1862–1926)
[75][76]		 February 18, 1917[77]
–
January 1, 1919
(lost nomination)[lower-alpha 35]		 Republican Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor		 Vacant
4 Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo
(1859–1930)
[78][79]		 January 1, 1919[80]
–
January 1, 1921
(lost nomination)[lower-alpha 36]		 Republican 1918 Benjamin F. Pankey
5 Merritt C. Mechem
(1870–1946)
[81][82]		 January 1, 1921[83]
–
January 1, 1923
(did not run)		 Republican 1920 William H. Duckworth
6 James F. Hinkle
(1862–1951)
[84][85]		 January 1, 1923[86]
–
January 1, 1925
(did not run)		 Democratic 1922 José A. Baca
(died May 17, 1924)
Vacant
7 Arthur T. Hannett
(1884–1966)
[87][88]		 January 1, 1925[89]
–
January 1, 1927
(lost election)		 Democratic 1924 Edward G. Sargent[lower-alpha 34]
8 Richard C. Dillon
(1877–1966)
[90][91]		 January 1, 1927[92]
–
January 1, 1931
(term-limited)		 Republican 1926
1928 Hugh B. Woodward
(resigned July 1929)
Vacant
9 Arthur Seligman
(1871–1933)
[93][94]		 January 1, 1931[95]
–
September 25, 1933
(died in office)		 Democratic 1930 Andrew W. Hockenhull
1932
10 Andrew W. Hockenhull
(1877–1974)
[96][97]		 September 25, 1933[98]
–
January 1, 1935
(did not run)		 Democratic Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor		 Vacant
11 Clyde Tingley
(1881–1960)
[99][100]		 January 1, 1935[101]
–
January 1, 1939
(term-limited)		 Democratic 1934 Louis Cabeza de Baca
1936 Hiram M. Dow
12 John E. Miles
(1884–1971)
[102][103]		 January 1, 1939[lower-alpha 37]
–
January 1, 1943
(term-limited)		 Democratic 1938 James Murray, Sr.
1940 Ceferino Quintana
13 John J. Dempsey
(1879–1958)
[105][106]		 January 1, 1943[107]
–
January 1, 1947
(term-limited)		 Democratic 1942 James B. Jones
1944
14 Thomas J. Mabry
(1884–1962)
[108][109]		 January 1, 1947[110]
–
January 1, 1951
(term-limited)		 Democratic 1946 Joseph Montoya
1948
15 Edwin L. Mechem
(1912–2002)
[111][112]		 January 1, 1951[113]
–
January 1, 1955
(term-limited)		 Republican 1950 Tibo J. Chávez[lower-alpha 38]
1952
16 John F. Simms
(1916–1975)
[114][115]		 January 1, 1955[116]
–
January 1, 1957
(lost election)		 Democratic 1954 Joseph Montoya[lower-alpha 38]
(resigned April 9, 1957)
17 Edwin L. Mechem
(1912–2002)
[111][112]		 January 1, 1957[117]
–
January 1, 1959
(lost election)		 Republican 1956
Vacant
18 John Burroughs
(1907–1978)
[118][119]		 January 1, 1959[120]
–
January 1, 1961
(lost election)		 Democratic 1958 Ed V. Mead
19 Edwin L. Mechem
(1912–2002)
[111][112]		 January 1, 1961[lower-alpha 39]
–
November 30, 1962
(resigned)[lower-alpha 40]		 Republican 1960 Tom Bolack
20 Tom Bolack
(1918–1998)
[122][123]		 November 30, 1962[124]
–
January 1, 1963
(successor took office)		 Republican Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor		 Vacant
21 Jack M. Campbell
(1916–1999)
[125][126]		 January 1, 1963[127]
–
January 1, 1967
(term-limited)		 Democratic 1962 Mack Easley
1964
22 David Cargo
(1929–2013)
[128][129]		 January 1, 1967[130]
–
January 1, 1971
(term-limited)		 Republican 1966 Lee Francis
1968
23 Bruce King
(1924–2009)
[131][132]		 January 1, 1971[133]
–
January 1, 1975
(term-limited)		 Democratic 1970 Roberto Mondragón
24 Jerry Apodaca
(1934–2023)
[134][135]		 January 1, 1975[136]
–
January 1, 1979
(term-limited)		 Democratic 1974 Robert E. Ferguson
25 Bruce King
(1924–2009)
[131][132]		 January 1, 1979[137]
–
January 1, 1983
(term-limited)		 Democratic 1978 Roberto Mondragón
26 Toney Anaya
(b. 1941)
[138]		 January 1, 1983[139]
–
January 1, 1987
(term-limited)		 Democratic 1982 Mike Runnels
27 Garrey Carruthers
(b. 1939)
[140]		 January 1, 1987[141]
–
January 1, 1991
(term-limited)		 Republican 1986 Jack L. Stahl
28 Bruce King
(1924–2009)
[131][132]		 January 1, 1991[142]
–
January 1, 1995
(lost election)		 Democratic 1990 Casey Luna
29 Gary Johnson
(b. 1953)
[143]		 January 1, 1995[144]
–
January 1, 2003
(term-limited)		 Republican 1994 Walter Dwight Bradley
1998
30 Bill Richardson
(b. 1947)
[145]		 January 1, 2003[146]
–
January 1, 2011
(term-limited)		 Democratic 2002 Diane Denish
2006
31 Susana Martinez
(b. 1959)
[147]		 January 1, 2011[148]
–
January 1, 2019
(term-limited)		 Republican 2010 John Sanchez
2014
32 Michelle Lujan Grisham
(b. 1959)
[149]		 January 1, 2019[150]
–
Incumbent[lower-alpha 41]		 Democratic 2018 Howie Morales
2022

Notes
  1. The range given is from the date the governor was confirmed by the Senate, or appointed by the President during a Senate recess, to the date the governor's successor was confirmed, unless noted.
  2. Calhoun was nominated on December 23, 1850;[5] confirmed by the Senate on January 9, 1851;[6] and was inaugurated on March 3, 1851.[4]
  3. Calhoun left the territory on May 6, 1852, and died on July 2; Territorial Secretary John Greiner acted as governor until his successor arrived.[4]
  4. Lane was nominated and confirmed by the Senate on July 15, 1852,[8] and was inaugurated on September 13.[7]
  5. Lane had a resignation letter ready,[9] and some sources say he resigned,[7] but the nomination of his successor specified that he was being removed.[10]
  6. Solon Borland was nominated and confirmed by the Senate on April 8, 1853,[10] but declined the post.[12] Meriwether was appointed on May 6, 1853, during a Senate recess;[12] and was formally nominated and confirmed by the Senate on February 4, 1854.[13] He was inaugurated on August 8, 1853.[11]
  7. Meriwether left the territory in May 1857, after which time Territorial Secretary William W. H. Davis acted as governor until he too left the territory in October.[11]
  8. Rencher was appointed on August 17, 1857, during a Senate recess;[12] nominated on December 19, 1857;[15] and confirmed by the Senate on January 18, 1858.[16] He arrived in the territory on November 11, 1857.[14]
  9. Connelly was appointed on May 24, 1861, during a Senate recess;[12] nominated on July 10;[18] but was rejected by the Senate on July 17.[19] He was reappointed on September 4, 1861, during a Senate recess;[17] nominated on December 23, 1861;[20] and confirmed by the Senate on July 16, 1862.[21]
  10. Connelly left the territory from fall 1862 to May 1863; Territorial Secretary William F. M. Arny acted as governor during this time.[17]
  11. Mitchell was nominated on December 21, 1865;[23] confirmed by the Senate on January 15, 1866;[24] and took office on July 16, 1866.[22]
  12. The nomination of Mitchell's successor specifies that he resigned.[25]
  13. Mitchell left the territory in November 1866 for almost four months; Territorial Secretary William F. M. Arny acted as governor during this time.[22]
  14. Pile was appointed on May 28, 1869, during a Senate recess;[12] nominated on December 6;[25] and confirmed by the Senate on December 21.[27] He took office on August 16, 1869.[26]
  15. Willard Warner was nominated and confirmed by the Senate on May 19, 1871,[29] but declined the post. Giddings was appointed on July 27, 1871, during a Senate recess;[12] nominated on December 6;[30] and confirmed by the Senate on December 14.[31] He arrived in the territory on September 1.[28]
  16. After Giddings' death, Territorial Secretary William G. Ritch acted as governor until his successor arrived.[28]
  17. Axtell was appointed on June 8, 1875, during a Senate recess;[33] nominated on December 9;[34] and confirmed by the Senate on December 16.[35] He arrived in the territory on July 30.[32]
  18. Axtell was suspended by United States Secretary of the Interior Carl Schurz for mishandling the widespread violence in the territory.[32]
  19. Wallace was appointed on September 4, 1878, during a Senate recess;[37] nominated on December 4;[38] and confirmed by the Senate on December 16.[39] He arrived in the territory on September 29, and was sworn in the next day.[36]
  20. Wallace resigned, disillusioned with the violence in the territory and the power held by the "Santa Fe Ring".[36]
  21. Sheldon was nominated on March 23, 1881;[41] confirmed by the Senate on May 5;[42] and arrived in the territory on July 4.[40]
  22. Ross was appointed on May 23, 1885, during a Senate recess;[44] nominated on December 10, 1885;[45] and confirmed by the Senate on April 20, 1886.[46] He was sworn in on June 15, 1885.[43]
  23. Prince was nominated on April 1, 1889;[48] confirmed by the Senate on April 2;[49] and was inaugurated on April 17.[47]
  24. Thornton was nominated on April 5, 1893;[51] confirmed by the Senate on April 7;[52] and took office on April 20.[50]
  25. Thornton submitted his resignation on April 2, 1897, and left the territory on April 5. No reason is recorded for his resignation; though it was the day after a high-profile execution.[50] Territorial Secretary Loren Miller acted as governor until his successor arrived.[53]
  26. Otero was nominated on June 2, 1897;[55] confirmed by the Senate on June 5;[56] and was inaugurated on July 14.[54]
  27. Hagerman was nominated on December 6, 1905;[58] confirmed by the Senate on January 10, 1906;[59] and took office on January 22, 1906.[57]
  28. President Theodore Roosevelt demanded Hagerman's resignation in April 1907 due to political pressure and controversial purchases. Territorial Secretary J. W. Raynolds acted as governor until his successor arrived.[57]
  29. Curry was appointed on May 27, 1907, during a Senate recess;[61] nominated on December 3, 1907;[61] and confirmed by the Senate on January 14, 1908.[62] He took office on August 8, 1907.[60]
  30. Curry resigned due to disagreements with United States Secretary of the Interior Richard A. Ballinger.[60]
  31. Mills was nominated on December 10, 1909;[64] confirmed by the Senate on December 20, 1909;[65] and took office on March 1, 1910.[63]
  32. Mills served as governor until statehood, and ran unsuccessfully for one of the first United States Senate seats for New Mexico.[63]
  33. Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.
  34. Represented the Republican Party
  35. Lindsey lost the Republican nomination to Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo.[75]
  36. Larrazolo lost the Republican nomination to Merritt C. Mechem.[78]
  37. The constitutional start date of the term was January 1; however, in 1939 this was a Sunday, so Miles was sworn in the next day.[104]
  38. Represented the Democratic Party
  39. The constitutional start date of the term was January 1; however, in 1961 this was a Sunday, so Mechem was sworn in the next day.[121]
  40. Mechem resigned to be appointed to the United States Senate by his successor.[111]
  41. Grisham's second term began on January 1, 2023, and will expire January 1, 2027; she will be term-limited.

References
General
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  4. McMullin pp. 235–236
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  11. McMullin pp. 237–238
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  14. McMullin pp. 239–240
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  17. McMullin pp. 240–241
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  28. McMullin pp. 244–245
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  66. 37 Stat. 39
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  113. "Mechem Takes Office, Warns of World Crisis". January 2, 1951. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
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  117. "Simms Lauds First 3-Time Chief Executive". January 2, 1957. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
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  121. "Mechem Starts 4th Term". January 3, 1961. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
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  136. "Apodaca Vows Top Effort". January 2, 1975. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
  137. "King Sworn In, Asks a 'Special Commitment'". January 2, 1979. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
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  141. "Carruthers Promises Positive Attitude". January 2, 1987. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
  142. "King Makes Unity Inaugural Theme". January 2, 1991. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
  143. "Gary E. Johnson". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
  144. "New Governor Takes Oath, Offers Thanks". January 2, 1995. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
  145. "Bill Richardson". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
  146. "Richardson Enters Office With a Bang". January 2, 2003. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
  147. "Susana Martinez". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
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