New Mexico. Secretary of the Territory

J.W. (James Wallace) Raynolds was born in Pueblo, Colo., 1873. The family relocated to Las Vegas, New Mexico. J.W. Raynolds graduated from MIT in 1896 and returned to New Mexico. He was appointed assistant secretary of the territory under George H. Wallace. When Wallace died in 1901, Raynolds was appointed secretary by President McKinley. Later he was reappointed by Theodore Roosevelt, serving in the position through 1907. Raynolds, a leader in the New Mexico Republican party, died of illness in March 1910.

From the description of Correspondence, 1901. (University of New Mexico-Main Campus). WorldCat record id: 40356296