List of governors of New Mexico

The following is a list of the governors of the state of New Mexico (Spanish: Gobernadores de Nuevo México) and New Mexico Territory.

Governors of New Mexico

  Democratic (20)     Republican (12)

Governor Term in office Time served Party Term
[note 1]		 Previous office Lieutenant Governor
1   William C. McDonald
July 25, 1858 – April 11, 1918
(aged 59)		     January 14, 1912    
–
    January 1, 1917    		 1815 days Democratic 1 New Mexico Cattle Sanitary Board
(1905-1911)		   Ezequiel Cabeza De Baca
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2   Ezequiel Cabeza De Baca
November 1, 1864 – February 18, 1917
(aged 52)		     January 1, 1917    
–
    February 18, 1917    		 49 days Democratic 4 1st
Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico
(1912-1917)		   Washington Lindsey
3   Washington Lindsey
December 20, 1862 – April 5, 1926
(aged 63)		     February 18, 1917    
–
    January 1, 1919    		 683 days Republican 2nd
Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico
(1917)		 Vacant
4   Octaviano Larrazolo
December 7, 1859 – April 7, 1930
(aged 70)		     January 1, 1919    
–
    January 1, 1921    		 732 days Republican 5 District Attorney for the
Western District of Texas
(1890-1894)		 Benjamin F. Pankey
5   Merritt C. Mechem
10 October 1870 – 24 May 1946
(aged 75)		     January 1, 1921    
–
    January 1, 1923    		 731 days Republican 6 Judge of the Seventh Judicial District
(1911-1920)		 William H. Duckworth
6   James F. Hinkle
October 20, 1862 – March 26, 1951
(aged 86)		     January 1, 1923    
–
    January 1, 1925    		 732 days Democratic 7 New Mexico State Senator
(1912-1917)		   José A. Baca
January 1, 1923 - May 1924
Vacant
7   Arthur T. Hannett
February 17, 1884 – March 18, 1966
(aged 82)		     January 1, 1925    
–
    January 1, 1927    		 731 days Democratic 8 State Highway Commission
(1923-1924)		   Edward G. Sargent
January 1, 1925 - January 1, 1929
8   Richard C. Dillon
June 24, 1877 – January 5, 1966
(aged 88)		     January 1, 1927    
–
    January 1, 1931    		 1462 days Republican 9 New Mexico State Senator
(1924-1926)
Hugh B. Woodward
January 1, 1929 - July 1929
Vacant
9   Arthur Seligman
June 14, 1871 – September 25, 1933
(aged 62)		     January 1, 1931    
–
    September 25, 1933    		 999 days Democratic 10 Mayor of Santa Fe   Andrew W. Hockenhull
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10   Andrew W. Hockenhull
January 16, 1877 – June 20, 1974
(aged 97)		     September 25, 1933    
–
    January 1, 1935    		 464 days Democratic 8th
Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico
(1931-1933)		 Vacant
11   Clyde Tingley
January 5, 1881 – December 24, 1960
(aged 79)		     January 1, 1935    
–
    January 1, 1939    		 1462 days Democratic 12 Superintendent of the State Highway Department
for the Albuquerque district
(1925–1926)		   Louis Cabeza de Baca
1935-1937
13   Hiram M. Dow
1937-1939
12   John E. Miles
July 28, 1884 – October 7, 1971
(aged 87)		     January 1, 1939    
–
    January 1, 1943    		 1462 days Democratic 14 Secretary of the New Mexico
State Tax Commission
(1925)		   James Murray, Sr.
1939-1941
15   Ceferino Quintana
1941-1943
13   John J. Dempsey
June 22, 1879 – March 11, 1958
(aged 78)		     January 1, 1943    
–
    January 1, 1947    		 1462 days Democratic 16 U.S. Representative for New Mexico's At-large
(1935-1941)		   James B. Jones
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14   Thomas J. Mabry
October 17, 1884 – December 23, 1962
(aged 78)		     January 1, 1947    
–
    January 1, 1951    		 1462 days Democratic 18 Chief Justice
New Mexico Supreme Court
(1939-1946)		   Joseph Montoya
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15   Edwin L. Mechem
July 2, 1912 – November 27, 2002
(aged 90)		     January 1, 1951    
–
    January 1, 1955    		 1462 days Republican 20 New Mexico Representative
(1947-1948)		 Tibo J. Chávez
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16   John F. Simms
December 18, 1916 – April 11, 1975
(aged 58)		     January 1, 1955    
–
    January 1, 1957    		 732 days Democratic 22 New Mexico Representative
(1947-1949)		   Joseph Montoya
January 1, 1957 - April 1957
17   Edwin L. Mechem
July 2, 1912 – November 27, 2002
(aged 90)		     January 1, 1957    
–
    January 1, 1959    		 731 days Republican 23 15th
Governor of New Mexico
(1951-1955)
Vacant
18   John Burroughs
April 7, 1907 – May 21, 1978
(aged 71)		     January 1, 1959    
–
    January 1, 1961    		 732 days Democratic 24 New Mexico Representative
(1957-1959)		   Ed V. Mead
19   Edwin L. Mechem
July 2, 1912 – November 27, 2002
(aged 90)		     January 1, 1961    
–
    November 30, 1962    		 699 days Republican 25 17th
Governor of New Mexico
(1957-1959)		   Tom Bolack
20   Tom Bolack
May 18, 1918 – May 20, 1998
(aged 80)		     November 30, 1962    
–
    January 1, 1963    		 33 days Republican 18th
Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico
(1961-1962)		 Vacant
21   Jack M. Campbell
September 10, 1916 – June 14, 1999
(aged 82)		     January 1, 1963    
–
    January 1, 1967    		 1462 days Democratic 26 Speaker of the
New Mexico House of Representatives
(1960-1962)		   Mack Easley
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22   David Cargo
January 13, 1929 – July 5, 2013
(aged 84)		     January 1, 1967    
–
    January 1, 1971    		 1462 days Republican 28 New Mexico Representative
(1963-1967)		 Lee Francis
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23   Bruce King
April 6, 1924 – November 13, 2009
(aged 85)		     January 1, 1971    
–
    January 1, 1975    		 1462 days Democratic 30 Speaker of the
New Mexico House of Representatives		   Roberto Mondragón
24   Jerry Apodaca
October 3, 1934		     January 1, 1975    
–
    January 1, 1979    		 1462 days Democratic 31 New Mexico Senator
(1966-1974)		   Robert E. Ferguson
25   Bruce King
April 6, 1924 – November 13, 2009
(aged 85)		     January 1, 1979    
–
    January 1, 1983    		 1462 days Democratic 32 23rd
Governor of New Mexico
(1971-1975)		   Roberto Mondragón
26   Toney Anaya
April 29, 1941		     January 1, 1983    
–
    January 1, 1987    		 1462 days Democratic 33 24th
Attorney General of New Mexico
(1975-1978)		   Mike Runnels
27   Garrey Carruthers
August 29, 1939		     January 1, 1987    
–
    January 1, 1991    		 1462 days Republican 34 Asst. Secretary of the
United States Department of the Interior
(1981-1984)		   Jack L. Stahl
28   Bruce King
April 6, 1924 – November 13, 2009
(aged 85)		     January 1, 1991    
–
    January 1, 1995    		 1462 days Democratic 35 25th
Governor of New Mexico
(1979-1983)		   Casey Luna
29   Gary Johnson
January 1, 1953		     January 1, 1995    
–
    January 1, 2003    		 2923 days Republican 36 None Walter Dwight Bradley
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30   Bill Richardson
November 15, 1947		     January 1, 2003    
–
    January 1, 2011    		 2923 days Democratic 38 9th
United States Secretary of Energy
(1998-2001)		   Diane Denish
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31   Susana Martinez
July 14, 1959		     January 1, 2011    
–
    January 1, 2019    		 2923 days Republican 40 District Attorney for The
3rd Judicial District of New Mexico
(1997-2011)		 John Sanchez
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32   Michelle Lujan Grisham
October 24, 1959		     January 1, 2019    
–
    Incumbent    		 2736 days Democratic 42 Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from New Mexico's 1st district
(2013-2018)		 Howie Morales

Notes

  1. ↑ Each term for which a governor is elected is listed here; if multiple governors served in a single term, due to resignations, deaths, and the like, then that term will be shared among those governors. If a governor was elected multiple times, then there will be multiple terms listed for that governor.


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