One of the greatest Jazz composers grew up in Albuquerque. John Lewis graduated from the University of New Mexico, served in the military, and went on produce numerous solo records and with the Modern Jazz Quartet.
Lewis “Lew” Wallace served as Territorial Governor from 1878 to 1881. After a long career in the United States Army, he had been appointed as Governor in the fall of 1878 by President Rutherford B. Hayes. Wallace had previously earned a reputation as being an effective leader in both civil and military situations. He succeeded […]
Born in 1875 in the Reconstructionist Southern state of Mississippi, George W. Malone led an inspiring journey to become the first African American attorney licensed in New Mexico. Malone was first licensed in Mississippi, then New Mexico, then Kansas. after NM GW went to Kansas City, NM, died 1945 Married Bessie Gilmore in 1892 (insert […]
Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico: SECTION 1. That every person who shall be convicted of the unlawful killing of a slave or other offence upon the person of a slave within this Territory, whether as principal or accessory, shall suffer the same pains and penalties as if […]
WHEREAS, A treaty between the United States of America and the Mexican republic was concluded and signed at the city of Mexico on the thirtieth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three; which treaty, as amended by the senate of the United States, and being in the English and Spanish languages, is word […]
Executed at the city of Guadalupe Hidalgo, February 2, 1848. Ratification exchanged at Queretaro, May 30, 1848. Proclamation made July 4, 1848. 9 Stat. 922 In the Name of Almighty God: The United States of America and the united Mexican states, animated by a sincere desire to put an end to the calamities of the […]
September 22, 1846 That the great and essential principles of liberty and free government may be recognized and established it is hereby declared: First. That all political power is vested in and belongs to the people. Second. That the people have the right peaceably to assemble for their common good, and to apply to those […]
On June 20, 1850, by a vote of 8,371 to 39, the citizens of New Mexico overwhelmingly voted in favor of this Constitution as a first step establishment of Statehood for New Mexico. Though this Constitution was not ratified by the Congress, it served to be important as a first step and likely served as […]
Born on June 21, 1929, in Valencia, New Mexico – what was then the first Republic of Mexico – Miguel Antonio Otero was one of the more fascinating New Mexicans. He rose to political prominence at a young age and was the second Hispanic Delegate to serve the New Mexico Territory in Congress but was […]