Democratic Party (N.M.) State Central Committee Records, 1916-1955 (bulk 1916-1936).

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Democratic Party (N.M.) State Central Committee Records, 1916-1955 (bulk 1916-1936).

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Boxes 1-3 of this collection contain correspondence. The material is arranged chronologically. There are letters relative to the organization of the committee in New Mexico as well as the national committee, political patronage issues with specific instances, letters of thanks to donors, requests from New Mexico precinct leaders and committee chairman for voters and tax payer lists, letters reporting on voting irregularities, and other issues. Correspondence with New Mexico representatives in Washington include letters of Senator A.A. Jones. Other letters are from various Committee chairs such as Arthur Seligman, successful Santa Fe businessman and banker and later governor of New Mexico. Box 4 contains newspaper clippings from New Mexico newspapers filed alphabetically by the name of the newspaper. A preface sheet has a typed list of New Mexico counties and names of towns and responsible reporters. Also in box 4 are materials on county and state party activities, precinct information such as list of delegates to county conventions for 1936, precinct officers and voters, and lists of World War I enlisted and drafted men from various counties in New Mexico. An addition to the collection was processed in 1980. Among other things it contains meeting minutes (1934-1936), 2 scrapbooks (1934-1936), correspondence, precinct business, election statistics, and pamphlets.

5 boxes (1.5 cu. ft.) + 6 v.

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Seligman, Arthur, 1871-1933

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Arthur Seligman (June 14, 1871 – September 25, 1933) was an American businessman and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he notably served as Mayor of Santa Fe, New Mexico from 1910 to 1912 and as Governor of New Mexico from 1931 until his death. Born in Santa Fe, New Mexico Territory, he was educated at the Swarthmore College Preparatory School in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania and Union Business College in Philadelphia before becoming active in his family's business enterprises. He serv...

Jones, Andrieus Aristieus, 1862-1927

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A.A. Jones was a prominent lawyer and politician from East Las Vegas, New Mexico. He was involved with local and state politics. He served as a special U.S. District Attorney (1894-1898) and U.S. senator (1916-1927). He collaborated with Albert T. Rogers Jr. on land grant cases. From the description of A.A. Jones papers, 1858-1957. (Santa Fe Public Library). WorldCat record id: 37800779 A.A. Jones was a prominent lawyer, businessman, and politician from East Las Vegas, N.M. ...

Democratic Party (N.M.). State Central Committee

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In New Mexico, political party membership is attained when a person registers to vote and identifies his/her affiliation. As long as he or she retains that affiliation, he/she is considered a member of that party, entitled to participate in party conventions, primaries, and other party activities. The state convention meets and creates the central committee, which assumes the day to day activities of the party -- recruiting new party members, canvassing, fund raising, and various forms of electi...

Democratic Party (N.M.)

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