List of Governors of New Mexico
Governors of the Territory of New Mexico
In 1850 New Mexico was organized as a Territory.

List of Governors of New Mexico

Section Title: Governors of the Territory of New Mexico
Table Section Text: In 1850 New Mexico was organized as a Territory.

Whig (2) Democratic Republican (10)

Governor	Took office	Left office	Party	Appointing President	Notes

1	James S. Calhoun	3 March 1851	6 May 1852	Whig	Millard Fillmore

2	-	William Carr Lane	6 May 1852	1853	Whig

3	-	David Meriwether	1853	1855	Democratic	Franklin Pierce

4	-	Abraham Rencher	1857	1861	Democratic	James Buchanan

5	-	Henry Connelly	4 September 1861	6 July 1866	Democratic	Abraham Lincoln

6	-	Robert Byington Mitchell	6 July 1866	1869	Democratic	Andrew Johnson

7	-	William Anderson Pile	1869	August 1871	Republican	Ulysses S. Grant

8	-	Marsh Giddings	August 1871	3 June 1875	Republican

—	-	William G. Ritch	3 June 1875	30 July 1875	Republican	Vacant	Acting

9	-	Samuel Beach Axtell	30 July 1875	29 September 1878	Republican	Ulysses S. Grant

10	-	Lewis Wallace	29 September 1878	9 March 1881	Republican	Rutherford B. Hayes

11	-	Lionel Allen Sheldon	9 March 1881	1885	Republican	James A. Garfield

12	-	Edmund G. Ross	1885	1889	Democratic	Grover Cleveland

13	-	L. Bradford Prince	1889	1893	Republican	Benjamin Harrison

14	-	William Taylor Thornton	1893	1897	Democratic	Grover Cleveland

15	-	Miguel A. Otero	1897	1906	Republican	William McKinley

16	-	Herbert James Hagerman	1906	1907	Republican	Theodore Roosevelt

17	-	George Curry	1907	1 March 1910	Republican

18	-	William J. Mills	1 March 1910	15 January 1912	Republican	William H. Taft

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From 1857 to 1861, Rencher served as governor of New Mexico and was appointed by President Buchanan.

final_sentence: From 1857 to 1861, Rencher served as governor of New Mexico and was appointed by President Buchanan.