List of United States Representatives from New Mexico
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This is an incomplete list of Members and Delegates from New Mexico in the U.S. House of Representatives. The current Members are Republican Steve Pearce
Steve Pearce
Stevan Edward "Steve" Pearce is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Republican Party. He previously held the seat from 2003 to 2009 and was an Assistant Minority Whip.-Early life, education and career:...

 and Democrats Martin Heinrich
Martin Heinrich
Martin T. Heinrich is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2009. He is a member of the Democratic Party.The district includes the central area of the state, in and around Albuquerque.- Early life, education and career :...

 and Ben Ray Luján.
Member/Delegate Party Years District Electoral history
Clinton P. Anderson Democratic 1941–1945
William Henry Andrews
William Henry Andrews
William Henry "Bull" Andrews was an American politician who served as a Republican representative in the Pennsylvania General Assembly and as a delegate from the New Mexico Territory....

Republican
José Francisco Chaves
José Francisco Chaves
José Francisco Chaves was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer and farmer from the New Mexico Territory.-Biography:...

Republican
Charles P. Clever
Charles P. Clever
Charles P. Clever was a Delegate from the Territory of New Mexico.Born in Cologne, Prussia, Clever attended the gymnasium of Cologne and the University of Bonn....

Democratic
Stephen Benton Elkins
Stephen Benton Elkins
Stephen Benton Elkins was an American industrialist and political figure. He served as the Secretary of War between 1891 and 1893...

Republican
Thomas B. Catron
Thomas B. Catron
Thomas Benton Catron was an American politician and lawyer who was influential in the establishment of the U.S. state of New Mexico. He later represented the state in the United States Senate.-Early life:...

Republican
Dennis Chavez
Dennis Chavez
Dionisio "Dennis" Chavez was a Democratic politician from the U.S. State of New Mexico who served in the United States House of Representatives, and in the United States Senate from 1935 to 1962.-Early life:...

Democratic 1931-1935
George Curry
George Curry (Governor of New Mexico Territory)
George Curry was a U.S. military officer and politician. He was born in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. During the Spanish American War he served in Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders...

Republican 1912-1913
John J. Dempsey
John J. Dempsey
John Joseph Dempsey was a United States Representative from New Mexico who also served as the 13th Governor of New Mexico. He was born in White Haven, Pennsylvania where he attended grade school. Employed as a telegrapher, he held various positions with the Brooklyn Union Elevator Company...

Democratic 1935-1941
1951 –
March 11, 1958
Died
Harvey Butler Fergusson
Harvey Butler Fergusson
Harvey Butler Fergusson was a Delegate from the Territory of New Mexico and a U.S. Representative from New Mexico....

Democratic 1897-1899
1912-1915
Antonio M. Fernández
Antonio M. Fernández
Antonio Manuel Fernández was a United States Representative from New Mexico. He was born in Springer, New Mexico where he attended the public schools, and Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico...

Democratic 1943 –
November 7, 1956
Died
Ed Foreman
Ed Foreman
Edgar Franklin "Ed" Foreman is a motivational speaker in Dallas. He served one term representing a district in west Texas in the United States House of Representatives in 1963-65 and he served one term representing the southern district of New Mexico in Congress from 1969-71.-Early years in New...

Republican January 3, 1969 –
January 3, 1971
José Manuel Gallegos
José Manuel Gallegos
José Manuel Gallegos was a delegate to the US Congress from the Territory of New Mexico.Born in Abiquiú, in what is now Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, Gallegos attended parochial schools...

Republican
Martin Heinrich
Martin Heinrich
Martin T. Heinrich is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2009. He is a member of the Democratic Party.The district includes the central area of the state, in and around Albuquerque.- Early life, education and career :...

Democratic January 3, 2009 –
Present
Benigno C. Hernández
Benigno C. Hernández
Benigno Cárdenas Hernández was the first Hispanic from New Mexico to serve as a full Member of Congress since New Mexico was granted statehood....

Republican 1915-1917
1919-1921
Antonio Joseph Democratic
Ben R. Luján
Ben R. Lujan
Ben Ray Luján is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2009. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district is based in Santa Fe, the state capital, and includes most of the northern portion of the state....

Democratic January 3, 2009 –
Present
Manuel Lujan, Jr. Republican January 3, 1969 –
January 3, 1989
Tranqulino Luna
Tranqulino Luna
Tranquilino Luna was a Delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the Territory of New Mexico. Born in Los Lunas, New Mexico, Luna attended the public schools and graduated from the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri...

Republican
Georgia Lee Lusk
Georgia Lee Lusk
Georgia Lee Witt Lusk was the first female U.S. Congressional representative from New Mexico, educator, and devoted public servant.-Early life:...

Democratic 1947-1949
Francisco Antonio Manzanares
Francisco Antonio Manzanares
Francisco Antonio Manzanares was an United States businessman and politician.-Family background and childhood:Francisco Antonio Manzanares, son of Jose Antonio Manzanares and Maria Manuela Valdez, was born in Abiquiú, New Mexico, on January 25, 1843. Barely three years later in 1846, the...

Democratic
John E. Miles
John E. Miles
John Easten Miles was a U.S. politician who served as the 12th Governor of the state of New Mexico.-Biography:...

Democratic 1949–1951
Joseph Montoya
Joseph Montoya
Joseph Manuel Montoya was a Democratic U.S. Senator for the State of New Mexico from 1964 until 1977.-Education:...

Democratic 1957–1964
Néstor Montoya
Néstor Montoya
Néstor Montoya was a United States Representative from New Mexico. As an editor and politician, Néstor Montoya dedicated himself to the inclusion of Hispanics in the political and social life of New Mexico, and to the campaign for New Mexico statehood. He was born in Old Albuquerque, New Mexico...

Republican 1921 –
January 13, 1923
Died
Thomas G. Morris
Thomas G. Morris
Thomas Gayle Morris is a U.S. Democratic politician.He was born in Eastland County, Texas. Morris served in the New Mexico House of Representatives. He was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives from New Mexico and served from January 3, 1959 to January 3, 1969. He...

Democratic 1959–1969
John Morrow
John Morrow (New Mexico)
John Morrow was a United States Representative from New Mexico. He was born near Darlington, Wisconsin. He attended the public schools and the normal university. Later, he taught school in Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, and New Mexico. He was the superintendent of public schools of Colfax County, New...

Democratic 1923–1929
Mariano S. Otero
Mariano S. Otero
Mariano Sabino Otero was a Delegate from the Territory of New Mexico, nephew of Miguel Antonio Otero and cousin of Miguel Antonio Otero ....

Republican
Miguel A. Otero
Miguel Antonio Otero (I)
Miguel Antonio Otero was a prominent Spanish politician of the New Mexico Territory and instrumental in the economic development of the territory.- Early life :...

Democratic
Steve Pearce
Steve Pearce
Stevan Edward "Steve" Pearce is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Republican Party. He previously held the seat from 2003 to 2009 and was an Assistant Minority Whip.-Early life, education and career:...

Republican January 3, 2003 –
January 3, 2009
January 3, 2011 –
Present
Francisco Perea
Francisco Perea
Francisco Perea was a Delegate from the Territory of New Mexico, and cousin of Pedro Perea.-Biography:...

Republican
Pedro Perea
Pedro Perea
Pedro Perea was a Delegate from the Territory of New Mexico, cousin of Francisco Perea.Born in Bernalillo, New Mexico, Perea attended St. Michael's College, Santa Fe, New Mexico and Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., and graduated from St. Louis University, St...

Republican
William T. Redmond
William T. Redmond
William Thomas "Bill" Redmond is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New Mexico....

Republican January 3, 1997 –
January 3, 1999
Bill Richardson
Bill Richardson (politician)
William Blaine "Bill" Richardson III is an American politician, who served as the 30th Governor of New Mexico from 2003 to 2011. Before being elected governor, Richardson served in the Clinton administration as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and Energy Secretary. Richardson has also served...

Democratic January 3, 1983 –
January 3, 1997
Bernard Shandon Rodey
Bernard Shandon Rodey
Bernard Shandon Rodey , Irish-American politician who was a Delegate from the New Mexico Territory and later a federal judge in Puerto Rico.- Early life :...

Republican
Trinidad Romero
Trinidad Romero
Trinidad Romero was an American politician and rancher who was the Delegate to United States Congress from the Territory of New Mexico....

Republican
Harold L. Runnels
Harold L. Runnels
Harold Lowell Runnels was a U.S. Representative from New Mexico.Runnels attended Dallas public schools and Cameron State Agricultural College in Lawton, Oklahoma. He was employed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington D.C. in 1942. From 1945 to 1951, Runnels was a manager for the...

Democratic January 3, 1971 –
January 3, 1981
Steven Schiff
Steven Schiff
Steven Harvey Schiff was an American politician. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the first district of New Mexico from 1989 until his death in 1998. Schiff was a Republican.Schiff was born in Chicago, Illinois. He received a B.A...

Republican January 3, 1989 –
March 25, 1998
Died
Albert G. Simms
Albert G. Simms
Albert Gallatin Simms was a United States Representative from New Mexico. He was the husband of Ruth Hanna McCormick who was a United States Representative from Illinois. He was born in Washington, Arkansas where he attended private schools and the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville...

Republican 1929-1931
Joe Skeen Republican January 3, 1981 –
January 3, 2003
Harry Teague
Harry Teague
Harry Teague is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 2009 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party....

Democratic January 3, 2009 –
January 3, 2011
Tom Udall
Tom Udall
Thomas Stewart "Tom" Udall is the junior United States Senator from New Mexico and a member of the Democratic Party. He had represented as a member of the United States House of Representatives since 1999. Udall was elected as the junior United States senator from New Mexico on November 4, 2008,...

Democratic January 3, 1999 –
January 3, 2009
E. S. Johnny Walker
E. S. Johnny Walker
E. S. Johnny Walker was a Democratic Politician from the U.S. State of New Mexico and a Veteran of the Second World War.-Early life:...

Democratic 1965-1969
John Sebrie Watts
John Sebrie Watts
John Sebrie Watts was a Delegate from the Territory of New Mexico.Born in Boone County, Kentucky, Watts moved to Indiana, where he completed preparatory studies...

Republican
Richard Hanson Weightman
Richard Hanson Weightman
Richard Hanson Weightman was an antebellum delegate to the United States Congress from the Territory of New Mexico...

Democratic
Heather Wilson
Heather Wilson
Heather A. Wilson , is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives representing from 1998 to 2009...

Republican January 3, 1997 –
January 3, 2009
William Bell Walton
William B. Walton
William Bell Walton was an American lawyer, politician, and U.S. Representative from New Mexico.Born in Altoona, Pennsylvania, Walton attended the public schools and South Jersey Institute, Bridgeton, New Jersey....

Democratic 1917-1919
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