10th New Mexico Territorial Legislature

The 10th New Mexico Territorial Legislature met in Santa Fe from December 3, 1860, to January 31, 1861.Journal of the Council of the Legislative Assembly of New Mexico, of a Session begun and held in the City of Santa Fé, Territory of New Mexico, on Monday, the third day of December, A.D. 1860, it being the Tenth Legislative Assembly for said Territory. Santa Fe John T. Russell 1861Journal of the House of Representatives of the Territory of New Mexico: Tenth Session Santa Fe John T. Russell 1861 Territorial Council President: José Guadalupe Gallegos Name District Notes Merrill Ashurst Santa Fe Francisco Tomas Cabeza de Baca Santa Ana Joaquin A. Bazan Valencia José Guadalupe Gallegos San Miguel Pedro Bautista Gallegos Rio Arriba Sidney A. Hubbell Bernalillo Elected to fill vacancy Francisco Lopez San Miguel Ignacio Orrantia Doña Ana Did not attend session Antonio José Ortiz Taos Antonio Maria Pacheco Rio Arriba Felipe Romero Taos José Antonio Torres Socorro Santiago Valdez Taos House of Representatives Speaker: José Manuel Gallegos Name District Notes Rumaldo Baca Socorro Felix Borrego Taos Seated December 20, 1860 Vicente Chavez Bernalillo José Francisco Chavez y Perea Valencia José Manuel Gallegos Santa Fe Pablo Gallegos Rio Arriba Candelario Garcia Socorro José Antonio Garcia Bernalillo Geronimo Jaramillo Rio Arriba Finis E. Kavanaugh Santa Fe Levi J. Keithly San Miguel Miguel Antonio Lovato Bernalillo José A. Martinez Taos José Mestas Mora Sabino Mondragon Taos Miguel E. Pino Santa Fe Emiterio Rael San Miguel Juan Antonio Ruival Rio Arriba Francisco Salazar Rio Arriba Esmeregildo Sanchez Santa Ana Felipe Sanchez Taos Seat declared vacant December 19, 1860 Manuel Trujillo Rio Arriba Vicente Valdez Santa Fe Theodore D. Wheaton Taos John Whitlock San Miguel Felix Borrego contested the election of Felipe Sanchez as representative from Taos. The House committee on elections concluded that 70 votes for Borrego in two precincts had been improperly stricken from his total. The revised numbers were sufficient to give him the majority, so Sanchez was removed from the House and Borrego seated in his place. Meanwhile, Doña Ana County continued its failure from the previous session of sending representatives to either house. The remaining House seat assigned to Valencia County is somewhat of a mystery in the House records. When the House conducted its organizational business on the first day of the session, the name of Antonio José Otero was put forward for the office of Speaker and received six votes, losing to Gallegos. Otero was from Valencia and could have been its elected representative. However, the journal of the House does not reflect that Otero was ever present, that he was sworn in with the other representatives, or that he participated in the session at any point. The sole exception is that the name "Otero" is recorded once in the list of House committee assignments, but it appears that Geronimo Jaramillo served on that committee in his place. References 10 Category:Contested elections in the United States