Governor Edwin L. Mechem papers, 1st and 2nd terms, 1951-1954.

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Governor Edwin L. Mechem papers, 1st and 2nd terms, 1951-1954.

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Summary: Collection consists of official papers of Governor Mechem's first two terms. Correspondence, proclamations and appointments involve various administrative agencies. Reports pertain to the Pecos River Commission, the State Corporation Commission's Workmen's Compensation Insurance Report (1949-1953), and various other subjects. Penal papers consist of pardons, commutations, and extraditions.

8 linear feet.

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New Mexico. Governor (1951-1954 : 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. He 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. He served four terms as Governor of New Mexico: first and second terms, 1951-1954; third term, 1957-1958; and fourth term, 1961-1962. In 1962 Mechem resigned from the governorship of New Mexico to become a United States Senator. ...

Pecos River Commission

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Mechem, Edwin L., 1912-

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Edwin Leard Mechem was born to Edwin Mechem and Eunice Leard Mechem on 2 July 1912 in Alamogordo, New Mexico. He was educated at New Mexico State University and the University of Arkansas Law School. He practiced law in Las Cruces; was an FBI agent during WWII; was elected to the state legislature in 1946; and served four terms as governor of New Mexico (1951-54; 1957-58; 1961-62). In 1962 he was appointed to the U.S. Senate filling Dennis Chávez's seat upon his death but lost re-election in 196...