Tranquilino Luna

Tranqulino Luna

Tranquilino Luna (February 25, 1849 – November 20, 1892) was a Delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the Territory of New Mexico. Born in Los Lunas, New Mexico, Luna attended the public schools and graduated from the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. He engaged extensively in stock raising.

Luna served as delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1880 and 1888. Luna was elected as a Republican to the Forty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1881-March 3, 1883). He presented credentials as a Delegate-elect to the Forty-eighth Congress and served from March 4, 1883, until March 5, 1884, when he was succeeded by Francisco A. Manzanares, who contested his election. After leaving Congress, he was the Sheriff of Valencia County, New Mexico, from 1888-1892. He died in Peralta, New Mexico, on November 20, 1892, and was buried in Los Lunas Cemetery in Los Lunas, New Mexico.

Source

• Tranquilino Luna at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Members of the United States House of Representatives from New Mexico Territorial (1851–1912) Seat Weightman Gallegos M. A. Otero Watts F. Perea Chaves Clever Chaves Gallegos Elkins Romero M. S. Otero Luna Manzanares Joseph Catron Fergusson P. Perea Rodey Andrews At-large seats (1912–1969) Seat Fergusson Hernández Walton Hernández N. Montoya Morrow Simms Chávez Dempsey Anderson Lusk Miles Dempsey Morris Seat Curry none (1913–1943) Fernández J. Montoya Walker Districts (1969–present) (3rd district established in 1983) 1st district Lujan Schiff Wilson Heinrich Lujan Grisham 2nd district Foreman Runnels Skeen Pearce Teague Pearce 3rd district Richardson Redmond Udall Luján

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