From statehood in 1912 to 1969, New Mexico did not use congressional districts for its representatives to the United States House of Representatives. Instead, it elected its representatives statewide at-large.
List of members representing the district Years Congress Seat A Seat B Member Party Electoral history Member Party Electoral history January 8, 1912 –March 3, 1913 Harvey Fergusson Democratic Elected in 1911 for the term starting upon 1912 statehood.Re-elected in 1912.Lost re-election. George Curry Republican Elected in 1911 for the term starting upon 1912 statehood.Retired. March 3, 1913 –March 3, 1915 No second seat until 1943 March 4, 1915 –March 3, 1917 Benigno C. Hernández Republican Elected in 1914.Lost re-election. March 4, 1917 –March 3, 1919 William B. Walton Democratic Elected in 1916.Retired to run for U.S. senator. March 4, 1919 –March 3, 1921 Benigno C. Hernández Republican Elected in 1918.Retired. March 4, 1921 –January 13, 1923 Néstor Montoya Republican Elected in 1920.Retired but died before term expired. January 13, 1923 –March 3, 1923 Vacant March 4, 1923 –March 3, 1929 John Morrow Democratic Elected in 1922.Re-elected in 1924.Re-elected in 1926.Lost re-election. March 4, 1929 –March 3, 1931 Albert G. Simms Republican Elected in 1928.Lost re-election. March 4, 1931 –January 3, 1935 Dennis Chavez Democratic Elected in 1930.Re-elected in 1932.Retired to run for U.S. senator. January 3, 1935 –January 3, 1941 John J. Dempsey Democratic Elected in 1934.Re-elected in 1936.Re-elected in 1938.Retired to run for U.S. senator. January 3, 1941 –January 3, 1943 Clinton P. Anderson Democratic Elected in 1940.Re-elected in 1942.Re-elected in 1944.Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. January 3, 1943 –June 30, 1945 Antonio M. Fernández Democratic Re-elected in 1942.Re-elected in 1944.Re-elected in 1946.Re-elected in 1948.Re-elected in 1950.Re-elected in 1952.Re-elected in 1954.Re-elected in 1956.Died. June 30, 1945 –January 3, 1947 Vacant January 3, 1947 –January 3, 1949 Georgia Lee Lusk Democratic Elected in 1946.Lost renomination. January 3, 1949 –January 3, 1951 John E. Miles Democratic Elected in 1948.Retired. January 3, 1951 –November 7, 1956 John J. Dempsey Democratic Re-elected in 1950.Re-elected in 1952.Re-elected in 1954.Re-elected in 1956.Died. November 7, 1956 –April 9, 1957 Vacant April 9, 1957 –March 11, 1958 Joseph Montoya Democratic Elected to finish Fernández's term.Re-elected in 1958.Re-elected in 1960.Re-elected in 1962.Retired to run for U.S. senator.Resigned when elected U.S. Senator. March 12, 1958 –January 3, 1959 Vacant January 3, 1959 –November 3, 1964 Thomas G. Morris Democratic Elected in 1958.Re-elected in 1960.Re-elected in 1962.Re-elected in 1964.Re-elected in 1966.Redistricted to the and lost re-election. November 3, 1964 –January 3, 1965 Vacant January 3, 1965 –January 3, 1969 E. S. Johnny Walker Democratic Elected in 1964.Re-elected in 1966.Redistricted to the and lost re-election.
Elections Republicans held onto the seat in 1920 by nominating Néstor Montoya, the county clerk of Bernalillo County and former Speaker of the New Mexico Territorial Legislature. Montoya won with a combination of Hispanic voters and coat-tails from the election of President Warren Harding. Republicans did not renominate him in 1922, choosing instead suffragist Adelina Otero-Warren, the niece of former territorial Governor, Miguel Otero, and the first woman to run for statewide office in New Mexico. Otero-Warren was defeated by Democrat John Morrow, an educator and lawyer from northeast New Mexico. Morrow would win consecutive re-elections in 1924 and 1926, but lost re-election in 1928 to Albert G. Simms, an Albuquerque businessman, on the coat-tails of the election of President Herbert Hoover.
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Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present