New Mexico. Governor (1961-1962 : Mechem)
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New Mexico. Governor (1961-1962 : Mechem)
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Edwin L. Mechem was born in Alamogordo, New Mexico in 1912. He was admitted to the New Mexico Bar in 1939, and served as a land surveyor for the U.S. Reclamation Service (1932-1933), and as an investigator for the Federal Bureau of Investigations during World War II. Mechem served four terms as Governor of New Mexico: first and second term, 1951-1954; third term, 1957-1958; and fourth term, 1961-1962. In 1962 Mechem resigned from the governorship to become a United States Senator and Lieutenant Governor Tom Bolack complete his term as Governor.
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Administrative agencies
Conservation of natural resources
Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
Flood control
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Indians of North America
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Rio Grande
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California
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Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
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Arizona
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New Mexico
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Mexico
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