Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-11-21
PICTURES OF ....
ATTORNEY GENERALS
Hung in Office at Capitol by e. c.
Burke-Collection Of Photo
graphs Enlarged.

-Four more pictures have been added
to the collection adorning the walls
at the office of Attorney General W.
G, Reid in the Capitol building, It is
a distinguished looking body of men
peering down from the separate
frames and the portraits are all of
former attorney generals of New
Mexico. Only three faces are missing
TO make the group complete the like
nesses of Frank p. Blair, Jr, Theodore
Wheaton and Hugh n. Smith
It is a very interesting and valuable
collection, these pictures of erstwhile
legal advisers OF the Territory. While
several of the originals in the flesh
and blood have joined the silent ma
jority beyond the grave many of them
are still living and engaged in the
practice of law. The portraits have
been secured by e. c. Burke, private
secretary to Attorney General Reid.
Mr.. Burke began collecting them
while holding the same position un-
der Colonel G. w. Prichard. Most of
the pictures are enlarged photographs
but a few of them are steel engrav-
ings Mr., Burke experienced no diff
tculty in obtaining photographs or
tintypes of those still living but it
was not so easy in Procuring like
nesses of the ones long since dead.
The portraits are framed alike In
flemish oak and incased in an oval
shaped moulding, at the bottom Of
which is printed the name of each,
and the years in which he served in
the capacity of attorney general.
Mr.. Burke has small cabinet
photograph of Frank p. Blair Jr, who
had the distinction of being the first
attorney general Of New Mexico, be-
ing appointed when the civil form of
government was organized by General
kearney, four years before the or
ganic law was enacted by Congress.
He will have this enlarged the same
as the others. To complete the col
lection he only needs now the pic
lures of Messrs. Wheaton and Smith.
Anyone who has portrait of either
OF these men or who knows where
one can be procured will confer
great favor by notifying Mr.. Burke
The pictures just added to the col
lection are Of Merrill Ashurst, Murray
F. Tuley. Thomas F. Conway and
Thomas B. Catron Three of them
were enlarged from photographs by
local artist Mr.. Catron was a com.
paratiyey young man when he served
as attorney general, and has changed
a great deal in appearance since then,
His face is much tleshier now and his
hirsute adornment scantier, but withal
in spite of the lapse of years he can
still be recognized by the picture.
Following is a complete list of the
former attorney generals and the
years in which they were in office:
Frank p Blair, Jr, 1916.
Murray +. Tuley, date not known
Hugh N. Smith, 1S46-1S4S.
Elias P. West, 1S4S.lS52
Henry c. Johnson, 1852.
Merrill Ashurst. 1S52-1S54.
Theodore Wheaton, lS54,lS5S.
r. II. Tompkins, 1S5S-lS59.
Hugh N. Smith, lS59-1S6O
Spruce NJ Baird. 1860.
R. H. Tompkins, 1S6O-1SG2.
Charles p. Cleaver, 1SG2-1S66.
S. b. Elkins. 1S66-lS67
Merrill Ashurst. lS67-1SG9.
Thomas B. Catron, lS69lS72
Thomas f. Conway. 1872,
William Breeden. 1S72-lS78.
Henry l.. Waldo. 1S7S-1SS0,
William Breeden. 1SSl-lSS9
f. l.. Bartlett, 1SS9.1S95.
John P. Victory. 1S95-1S97.
A. b. Fall, 1897.
e. L. Bartlett. 1S97-l904
George W. Prichard, l9OA-l9O6.