List of speakers of the New Mexico House of Representatives

The following is a list of speakers of the New Mexico House of Representatives since statehood.

Speaker of New Mexico House of Representatives
Seal of the New Mexico House of Representatives
Incumbent
Javier Martínez
since January 17, 2023
StatusPresiding officer
SeatNew Mexico State Capitol, Santa Fe
AppointerNew Mexico House of Representatives
Inaugural holderRoman L. Baca

Speakers of the New Mexico House of Representatives edit

Speaker Term Party County/Residence Notes Citation
Roman L. Baca 1912–1915 Republican Santa Fe [1]
Secundino Romero 1915–1916 Republican San Miguel [2]
William H. H. Llewellyn 1916–1919 Republican Las Cruces [1]
Antonio A. Sedillo 1919–1921 Republican Socorro [2][1]
Albert H. Clancy 1921–1923 Republican Santa Fe [2][1]
Byron O. Beall 1923–1925 Democratic Chaves [2][1]
D. W. Smith 1925–1931 Democratic Grant [2][1]
Alvan N. White 1931–1939 Democratic Grant [2][1]
George W. Armijo 1939–1941 Democratic Santa Fe [2][1]
Frank J. McCarthy 1941–1943 Democratic Chaves [2][1]
M. S. Smith 1943–1949 Democratic Curry [2][1]
Harry Vearle Payne 1949–1945 Democratic Hidalgo [2][1]
John F. Sims 1949–1951 Democratic Bernalillo [2][1]
Calvin P. Horn 1951–1953 Democratic Bernalillo [2][1]
Alvin Stockton 1953–1955 Republican Colfax [2][1]
Donald D. Hallam 1955–1959 Democratic Lea [2][1]
Mack Easley 1959–1961 Democratic Lea [2][1]
Jack M. Campbell 1961–1963 Democratic Chaves [2][1]
Bruce King 1963–1969 Democratic Santa Fe [2][1]
David L. Norvell 1969–1971 Democratic Curry [2][1]
Walter K. Martinez 1971–1979 Democratic Valencia [2][1]
C. Gene Samberson 1979–1982 Democratic Lea [2][1]
Raymond G. Sanchez 1983–1985 Democratic Bernalillo [2][1]
Gene Samberson 1985–1987 Democratic Lea [2][1]
Raymond G. Sanchez 1987–2001 Democratic Bernalillo [2][1]
Ben Luján 2001–2012 Democratic Santa Fe [1]
W. Ken Martinez 2012–2015 Democratic Albuquerque [1]
Don Tripp 2015–2017 Republican [1]
Brian Egolf 2017–2023 Democratic
Javier Martínez 2023– Democratic

Speakers of the New Mexico Territorial House of Representatives edit

Speaker Term Party County/Residence Notes Citation
Theodore D. Wheaton 1851–1854 Taos [3][4]
Facundo Pino 1854–1855 [4]
Celedonio Valdés 1855–1856 [4]
José S. Ramirez 1856–1857 [4]
Merrill Ashurst 1857–1858 [4]
José Guadalupe Gallegos 1858–1859 [4]
Levi J. Keithly
C. C. Medina
1859–1860 [4]
José Manuel Gallegos 1860–1863 [4]
Vicente García 1863–1864 [4]
Pedro Valdés 1864–1865 [4]
Samuel Ellison 1865–1866 [4]
Richard M. Stephens 1866–1867 [4]
Jose Manuel Gallegos 1867–1868 [4]
Richard M. Stephens 1868–1869 [4]
Gregorio M. Otero 1869–1870 [4]
Milnor Louis Rudulph 1871–1872 [4]
Gregorio M. Otero 1873–1874 [4]
Roman A. Vaca 1875–1876 [4]
Juan B. Patron 1878–1880 Lincoln [4][5]
Rafael Romero 1880–1882 [4]
Pedro Sanchez 1882–1884 [4]
Amado Chavez 1884–1886 [4]
Manuel C. de Baca 1886–1887 Republican Conant [4][6]
Albert J. Fountain 1888–1889 Lincoln, Doña Ana [7]
William Burns 1890–1891 Kingston [8]
Alejandro J. Branch 1892–1893 Mora [9]
William E. Dame 1894–1895 Cerrillos [10]
William H. H. Llewellyn 1897 Republican Las Cruces [11]
Maximiliano Luna 1899 Los Lunas [12]
Benjamin M. Read 1901 Santa Fe [13]
Carl A. Dalies 1905 Republican Belen [14]
Roman L. Baca 1907–1909 Republican Santa Fe
E. A. Miera 1909 Republican Cuba [15]

References edit

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  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Bancroft, Hubert Howe; Oak, Henry Lebbeus (1889). History of Arizona and New Mexico, 1530-1888. San Francisco, California: The History Company. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
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  11. ^ "House Journal. Proceedings of the House of Representatives 1897". HathiTrust.
  12. ^ "House Journal. Proceedings of the House of Representatives 1899". HathiTrust.
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  14. ^ "House Journal. Proceedings of the House of Representatives 1905". HathiTrust.
  15. ^ "House journal : proceedings of the House of Representatives of the Territory of New Mexico. yr.1909". HathiTrust.