Fernández, Antonio Manuel, 1902-1956

Antonio Manuel Fernández (January 17, 1902 – November 7, 1956) was an American lawyer and politician. He notably served in the U.S. House of Representatives from one of New Mexico's at-large congressional district seats from 1943 to 1956.

Born in Springer, New Mexico, where he attended public schools, he attended New Nexico Normal University in Las Vegas, New Mexico (now Highlands University) and received law training at Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee. Fernández was a court reporter for the eighth judicial district of New Mexico from 1925 to 1930. After being admitted to the bar in 1931 and commenced practice in Raton, New Mexico. He was the assistant district attorney of the eighth judicial district in 1933 and practiced law in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1934.

Fernández served in the New Mexico House of Representatives in 1935. He was the chief tax attorney for the New Mexico Tax Commission in 1935 and 1936 and the first assistant attorney general in 1937–1941. He was a member of the first New Mexico Public Service Commission in 1941 and 1942 and was elected as a Democrat to the 78th and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1943, until his death. Fernández was the chairman of the Committee on Memorials in the 79th Congress. He died after he had been reelected to the 85th congress in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on November 7, 1956, and was buried in Rosario Catholic Cemetery, Santa Fe, New Mexico.