Thomas J. Mabry
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Thomas Jewett Mabry (born October 17, 1884, Carlisle County, Kentucky; died December 23, 1962, Albuquerque, New Mexico) was a New Mexico politician and judge, who was Chief Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court (1939-46) and Governor of New Mexico (1947-51).
Mabry attended the University of Oklahoma and the University of New Mexico Law School. He settled in Clovis, New Mexico, where he practiced law and published the local newspaper. He was a member of the New Mexico Constitutional Convention in 1910.
Mabry held numerous political and judicial posts, including serving in the New Mexico Senate (1912-17); on the Albuquerque City Commission (1926-27); as District Attorney of Albuquerque (1932-36); and as a state district judge (1937-39). From 1939 to 1946, he was Chief Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court. He was elected Governor as a Democrat in 1946 and reelected in 1948.
| Preceded by John J. Dempsey |
Governor of New Mexico 1947-1951 |
Succeeded by Edwin L. Mechem |
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