New Mexico's at-large congressional district
New Mexico's at-large congressional district | |
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Obsolete district | |
Created | 1912 |
Eliminated | 1969 |
Years active | 1912–1969 |
From statehood in 1912 to 1969, New Mexico did not use congressional districts for its representatives to the United States House of Representatives. Instead, it elected its representatives statewide at-large.
List of members representing the district
Years | Cong ress | Seat A | Seat B | ||||||
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Member | Party | Electoral history | Member | Party | Electoral history | ||||
January 8, 1912 – March 3, 1913 | 62nd | Harvey Fergusson (Albuquerque) | Democratic | Elected in 1911 for the term starting upon 1912 statehood. Re-elected in 1912. Lost re-election. | George Curry (Tularosa) | Republican | Elected in 1911 for the term starting upon 1912 statehood. Retired. | ||
March 3, 1913 – March 3, 1915 | 63rd | No second seat until 1943 | |||||||
March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1917 | 64th | Benigno C. Hernández (Tierra Amarilla) | Republican | Elected in 1914. Lost re-election. | |||||
March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919 | 65th | William B. Walton (Silver City) | Democratic | Elected in 1916. Retired to run for U.S. senator. | |||||
March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921 | 66th | Benigno C. Hernández (Tierra Amarilla) | Republican | Elected in 1918. Retired. | |||||
March 4, 1921 – January 13, 1923 | 67th | Néstor Montoya (Albuquerque) | Republican | Elected in 1920. Retired but died before term expired. | |||||
January 13, 1923 – March 3, 1923 | Vacant | ||||||||
March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1929 | 68th 69th 70th | John Morrow (Raton) | Democratic | Elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Lost re-election. | |||||
March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1931 | 71st | Albert G. Simms (Albuquerque) | Republican | Elected in 1928. Lost re-election. | |||||
March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1935 | 72nd 73rd | Dennis Chavez (Albuquerque) | Democratic | Elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Retired to run for U.S. senator. | |||||
January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1941 | 74th 75th 76th | John J. Dempsey (Santa Fe) | Democratic | Elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Retired to run for U.S. senator. | |||||
January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943 | 77th | Clinton P. Anderson (Albuquerque) | Democratic | Elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. | |||||
January 3, 1943 – June 30, 1945 | 78th 79th | Antonio M. Fernández (Santa Fe) | Democratic | Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Died. | |||||
June 30, 1945 – January 3, 1947 | 79th | Vacant | |||||||
January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 | 80th | Georgia Lee Lusk (Santa Fe) | Democratic | Elected in 1946. Lost renomination. | |||||
January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 | 81st | John E. Miles (Santa Fe) | Democratic | Elected in 1948. Retired. | |||||
January 3, 1951 – November 7, 1956 | 82nd 83rd 84th | John J. Dempsey (Santa Fe) | Democratic | Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Died. | |||||
November 7, 1956 – April 9, 1957 | 84th 85th | Vacant | |||||||
April 9, 1957 – March 11, 1958 | 85th | Joseph Montoya (Santa Fe) | Democratic | Elected to finish Fernández's term. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Retired to run for U.S. senator. Resigned when elected U.S. Senator. | |||||
March 12, 1958 – January 3, 1959 | Vacant | ||||||||
January 3, 1959 – November 3, 1964 | 86th 87th 88th | Thomas G. Morris (Tucumcari) | Democratic | Elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Redistricted to the 1st district and lost re-election. | |||||
November 3, 1964 – January 3, 1965 | 88th | Vacant | |||||||
January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1969 | 89th 90th | E. S. Johnny Walker (Santa Fe) | Democratic | Elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Redistricted to the 2nd district and lost re-election. |
Elections
Republicans held onto the seat in 1920 by nominating Néstor Montoya, the county clerk of Bernalillo County and former Speaker of the New Mexico Territorial Legislature. Montoya won with a combination of Hispanic voters and coat-tails from the election of President Warren Harding. Republicans did not renominate him in 1922, choosing instead suffragist Adelina Otero-Warren, the niece of former territorial Governor, Miguel Otero, and the first woman to run for statewide office in New Mexico. Otero-Warren was defeated by Democrat John Morrow, an educator and lawyer from northeast New Mexico. Morrow would win consecutive re-elections in 1924 and 1926, but lost re-election in 1928 to Albert G. Simms, an Albuquerque businessman, on the coat-tails of the election of President Herbert Hoover.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Néstor Montoya | 54,672 | 51.88 | |
Democratic | Antonio Lucero | 49,426 | 46.9 | |
Farmer–Labor | A.J. McDonald | 1,290 | 1.22 | |
Majority | 5,246 | 4.98 | ||
Turnout | 105,388 | |||
Republican gain from Democratic |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | John Morrow | 59,254 | 54.42 | +7.25% | |
Republican | Adelina Otero-Warren | 49,635 | 45.58 | -6.3% | |
Majority | 9,619 | 8.83 | +3.85% | ||
Turnout | 108,889 | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | John Morrow | 57,802 | 51.76 | -2.66% | |
Republican | J. Felipe Hubbell | 53,860 | 48.24 | +2.66% | |
Majority | 3,942 | 3.53 | -5.30% | ||
Turnout | 111,662 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | John Morrow | 55,433 | 51.42 | -0.34% | |
Republican | Juan A. A. Sedillo | 52,075 | 48.31 | +0.07% | |
Socialist | E. E. Denniston | 287 | 0.27 | +0.27% | |
Majority | 3,358 | 3.12 | -0.41% | ||
Turnout | 107,795 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Albert G. Simms | 61,208 | 52.2 | +3.89% | |
Democratic | John Morrow | 56,048 | 47.8 | -3.62% | |
Majority | 5,160 | 4.4 | +1.28% | ||
Turnout | 117,256 | ||||
Republican gain from Democratic | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Dennis Chavez | 65,194 | 57.1 | +9.3% | |
Republican | Albert G. Simms | 48,699 | 42.65 | -9.55% | |
Socialist | John Whitley | 299 | 0.26 | +0.26% | |
Majority | 16,495 | 14.45 | +10.05% | ||
Turnout | 114,192 | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Dennis Chavez | 94,764 | 63.36 | +6.26% | |
Republican | Jose E. Armijo | 52,905 | 35.37 | -7.28% | |
Socialist | N. S. Sweeney | 1,349 | 0.9 | +0.64% | |
Liberty | L. E. Lake | 418 | 0.28 | +0.28% | |
Communist | E. T. Howell | 132 | 0.09 | +0.09% | |
Majority | 41,859 | 27.99 | +13.54% | ||
Turnout | 149,568 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | John J. Dempsey | 76,833 | 51.82 | -11.54% | |
Republican | Maurecio F. Miera | 70,659 | 47.66 | +12.29% | |
Socialist | Frank Edwards | 643 | 0.43 | -0.47% | |
Communist | H. Turnbaugh | 133 | 0.09 | +0.00% | |
Majority | 6,174 | 4.16 | -23.83% | ||
Turnout | 148,268 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | John J. Dempsey | 105,937 | 62.92 | +11.10% | |
Republican | M. Ralph Brown | 62,375 | 37.05 | -10.61% | |
Farmer–Labor | Albert Ortiz | 61 | 0.03 | +0.03% | |
Majority | 43,562 | 25.87 | +21.71% | ||
Turnout | 168,373 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | John J. Dempsey | 90,608 | 58.4 | -4.52% | |
Republican | Peace C. Rodney | 64,281 | 41.43 | +4.38% | |
Independent | E. W. Fawkes | 268 | 0.17 | +0.17% | |
Majority | 26,327 | 16.97 | -8.9% | ||
Turnout | 155,157 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing |
References
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
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- The at-large district is obsolete
- See also
- New Mexico's past and present representatives, senators, and delegations