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Governors of New Mexico

Term
Governor
Party
Under Territorial Government:
1851-1852
James S. Calhoun

1852-1853
William Carr Lane
1853-1857
David Meriwether
1857-1861
Abraham Rencher
1861-1866
Henry Connelly
1866-1869
Robert Byington Mitchell
1869-1871
William Anderson Pile
1871-1875
Marsh Giddings
1875-1878
Samuel Beach Axtell
1878-1881
Lewis Wallace
1881-1885
Lionel Allen Sheldon
1885-1889
Edmund G. Ross
1889-1893
L. Bradford Prince
1893-97
William Taylor Thornton
1897-1906
Miguel A. Otero
1906-1907
Herbert James Hagerman
1907-1910
George Curry
1910-1912
William J. Mills
Under State Government:
1912-1917
William C. McDonald Democrat
1917
Ezequiel C. de Baca Democrat
1917-1919
Washington E. Lindsey Republican
1919-1921
Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo Republican
1921-1923
Merritt C. Mechem Republican
1923-1925
James F. Hinkle Democrat
1925-1927
Arthur T. Hannett Democrat
1927-1931
Richard C. Dillon Republican
1931-1933
Arthur Seligman Democrat
1933-1935
Andrew W. Hockenhull Republican
1935-1939
Clyde Tingley Democrat
1939-1943
John E. Miles Democrat
1943-1947
John J. Dempsey Democrat
1947-1951
Thomas J. Mabry Democrat
1951-1955
Edwin L. Mechem Republican
1955-1957
John F. Simms Democrat
1957-1959
Edwin L. Mechem Republican
1959-1961
John Burroughs Democrat
1961-1962
Edwin L. Mechem Republican
1962-1962
Tom Bolack Republican
1962-1963
Edwin L. Mechem Republican
1963-1967
Jack M. Campbell Democrat
1967-1971
David F. Cargo Republican
1971-1975
Bruce King Democrat
1975-1979
Jerry Apodaca Democrat
1979-1983
Bruce King Democrat
1983-1987
Toney Anaya Democrat
1987-1991
Garrey Carruthers Republican
1991-1995
Bruce King Democrat
1995-2003
Gary E. Johnson Republican
2003-
Bill Richardson Democrat


New Mexico History