New Mexico's At-large congressional district

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From 1911 to 1969, New Mexico did not use congressional districts for its representatives to the United States House of Representatives. Instead, it elected its representatives state-wide At-large.

[edit] List of Representatives

[edit] First seat

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Notes
Harvey B. Fergusson	1912 – 1915	Democratic	Albuquerque
Benigno C. Hernández	1915 – 1917	Republican	Tierra Amarilla
William B. Walton	1917 – 1919	Democratic	Deming
Benigno C. Hernández	1919 – 1921	Republican	Tierra Amarilla
Néstor Montoya	1921 – 1923-01-13	Republican	Albuquerque	Died
Vacant		1923-01-13 – 1923
John Morrow	1923 – 1929	Democratic	Raton
Albert G. Simms	1929 – 1931	Republican	Albuquerque
Dennis Chavez	1931 – 1935	Democratic	Belen
John J. Dempsey	1935 – 1941	Democratic	Santa Fe
Clinton P. Anderson	1941 – 1947	Democratic	Albuquerque
Georgia Lee Lusk	1947 – 1949	Democratic	Carlsbad
John E. Miles	1949 – 1951	Democratic	Tucumcari
John J. Dempsey	1951 – March 11, 1958	Democratic	Santa Fe	Died
Vacant		March 12, 1958 – 1958
Thomas G. Morris	1958 – 1969	Democratic	Quay County

[edit] Second seat

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Notes
George Curry	Republican	January 8, 1912 – March 3, 1913		Retired
No second seat until 1943		1913-03-03 – 1943-01-03
Antonio M. Fernández	Democratic	1943-01-03 – November 7, 1956	Santa Fe	Died
Vacant		1956-11-07 – 1957-04-09
Joseph Montoya	Democratic	April 9, 1957 – November 3, 1964	Santa Fe	Resigned, elected U.S. Senator
Vacant		November 4, 1964 – 1965
E. S. Johnny Walker	Democratic	1965 – 1969	Albuquerque

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