Governor Octaviano A. Larrazolo papers, 1919-1920.

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Governor Octaviano A. Larrazolo papers, 1919-1920.

Summary: Collection consists of official papers of Governor Larrazolo. Correspondence consists of letters sent and received (1918-1920). Oaths consist of Larrazolo's oath of office and speeches contain official and miscellaneous addresses. Legislative papers include special session correspondence and the bills of the 4th State Legislature. Reports are from various state agencies. Special reports and investigations include documentation concerning wildlife conservation, public lands, the Socorro County Public Schools, the 1919 Gallup Coal Strike, and the mine explosion at Dawson. The post World War I-federal documents discuss discrimination against Spanish-American soldiers at Fort Wingate and the soldier's settlement board. Pardon and penal papers contain pardons, extradition papers, and penitentiary reports. Some pardons relate to Villistas involved in the raid on Columbus, New Mexico.

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Larrazolo was born in Allende, Chihuahua, Mexico, on December 7, 1859, the son of Donaciana and Octaviano Larrazolo. He came to the U.S. under the sponsorship of Bishop J.B. Salpointe of Arizona, and attended St. Michael's College in Santa Fe from 1875-1876. A Republican, Larrazolo was appointed clerk of the U.S. district courts in El Paso, Texas, and subsequently elected to that position in 1886 and 1888. He was admitted to the bar in 1888, and moved to Las Vegas, New Mexico in January, 1895. L...

Larrazolo, Octaviano, 1859-1930

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Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo (December 7, 1859 – April 7, 1930) was a Republican politician who served as the fourth governor of New Mexico and a United States senator. He was the first Mexican-American and first Hispanic United States Senator. He was New Mexico's first Latino Senator and governor. Born in Valle de Allende in Chihuahua, Mexico, he left Mexico for Tucson, Arizona Territory, under the care of Jean Salpointe, a French-born bishop of Arizona. Larrazolo left with the bishop becaus...