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Presbyterian Politicians in New Mexico


  Clinton Presba Anderson (1895-1975) — also known as Clinton P. Anderson — of Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, N.M. Born in Centerville, Turner County, S.Dak., October 23, 1895. Son of Andrew Jay Anderson and Hattie Belle (Presba) Anderson. Democrat. Newspaper editor; insurance business; New Mexico Democratic state chair, 1928-39; New Mexico state treasurer, 1933-34; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Mexico, 1936, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1960; U.S. Representative from New Mexico at-large, 1941-45; U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, 1945-48; U.S. Senator from New Mexico, 1949-73. Presbyterian. Member, Rotary; Freemasons; Elks; Delta Theta Phi. Died, following a stroke, in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, N.M., November 11, 1975 (age 80 years, 19 days). Interment at Fairview Memorial Park, Albuquerque, N.M.
  Relatives: Married, June 22, 1921, to Henrietta McCartney.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Robert Rolland Armstrong (1910-1995) — also known as R. Rolland Armstrong — of Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska; Anchorage, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska; Sitka, Alaska; Roswell, Chaves County, N.M. Born in Grapeville, Westmoreland County, Pa., October 21, 1910. Son of Robert Armstrong and Charlotte (Kinnear) Armstrong. Ordained minister; delegate to Alaska state constitutional convention, 1955-56. Presbyterian. Member, Rotary. Died December 16, 1995 (age 85 years, 56 days). Interment at South Park Cemetery, Roswell, N.M.
  Relatives: Married, December 3, 1938, to Anne Catherine Ratcliff.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Samuel Beach Axtell (1819-1891) — of Mt. Clemens, Macomb County, Mich.; Amador County, Calif.; San Francisco, Calif.; Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, N.M. Born near Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, October 14, 1819. Son of Samuel Loree Axtell and Nancy (Sanders) Axtell. Democrat. Lawyer; Amador County District Attorney, 1854; U.S. Representative from California 1st District, 1867-71; Governor of Utah Territory, 1875; Governor of New Mexico Territory, 1875-78; justice of New Mexico territorial supreme court, 1882-85. Presbyterian. Died in Morristown, Morris County, N.J., August 6, 1891 (age 71 years, 296 days). Interment at First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Morristown, N.J.
  Relatives: Married, September 20, 1840, to Adaline Williams.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Ruthelle Bacon (1893-1963) — of Amarillo, Potter County, Tex. Born in Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, N.M., January 29, 1893. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1928 (alternate), 1944, 1948. Female. Presbyterian. Member, Zonta. Died in 1963 (age about 70 years). Burial location unknown.
  Mack Easley (b. 1916) — of Hobbs, Lea County, N.M. Born in Akins, Sequoyah County, Okla., October 14, 1916. Son of John Robert Easley and Mary Ellen (Duggans) Easley. 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. Still living as of 1964.
  Relatives: Married, November 17, 1939, to Loyce Anna Rogers.
  Edmund Gibson Ross (1826-1907) — also known as Edmund G. Ross — of Lawrence, Douglas County, Kan. Born in Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio, December 7, 1826. Republican. Delegate to Kansas state constitutional convention, 1859; major in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Senator from Kansas, 1866-71; candidate for Governor of Kansas, 1880; Governor of New Mexico Territory, 1885-89. Presbyterian. Thought to have cast the deciding vote in the Senate to acquit President Andrew Johnson. His grandson, Edmund Fessenden Cobb, was an actor who appeared in over 200 movies and serials including Citizen Kane and The Last Hurrah. Died, of pneumonia, in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, N.M., May 8, 1907 (age 80 years, 152 days). Interment at Fairview Memorial Park, Albuquerque, N.M.
  Relatives: Brother of William Wallace Ross; brother-in-law of Edwin Mortimer Hewins; uncle by marriage to Meredith Pinxton Snyder. See Ross family.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  James Bolton Stewart (1882-1969) — also known as James B. Stewart — of Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, N.M. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., November 27, 1882. Son of James Stewart and Sarah Jane Stewart. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Pernambuco, 1915-17; U.S. Consul in Chihuahua, 1918-22; Tampico, 1924; U.S. Consul General in Mexico City, 1938-40; Zurich, 1940; U.S. Minister to Nicaragua, 1942-43; U.S. Ambassador to Nicaragua, 1943-45. Presbyterian. Died in 1969 (age about 86 years). Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Colo.

 

 


 
   
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