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The Territory of New Mexico was an organized incorporated territory of the United States from September 9, 1850, [1] until January 6, 1912. [2] It was created from the U.S. provisional government of New Mexico, as a result of Nuevo México becoming part of the American frontier after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
The state legislature met on July 1, 1850, and elected as United States senators Francis A. Cunningham and Richard H. Weightman, but while Weightman was on his way to Washington to claim his seat in the senate the famous compromise measures of 1850 were passed by Congress, one feature of which was the act organizing New Mexico as a territory ...
The governor of New Mexico is the head of government of New Mexico and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. The governor has a duty to enforce state laws, the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the New Mexico Legislature , to convene the legislature at any time, and to grant pardons .
Under the compromise, the American government established the New Mexico Territory on September 9, 1850. The territory, which included all of Arizona, New Mexico and parts of Colorado, officially established its capital at Santa Fe in 1851. The U.S. territorial New Mexico census of 1850 found 61,547 people living in all the territory of New Mexico.
Pages in category "Governors of New Mexico Territory" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
U.S. Military Province of New Mexico, 1846; U.S. Provisional Government of New Mexico 1846–1850; Unorganized territory created by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 1848–1850; State of Deseret (extralegal), 1849–1850; Proposed state of New Mexico, 1850; Territory of New Mexico, 1850–1912 [1] Gadsden Purchase of 1853; American Civil War ...
Mills moved to New Mexico Territory, where his father-in-law, Wilson Waddingham, owned significant tracts of land, and established a legal practice in 1886. [1] [8] [9] [10] From August 1888 till April 1890 he was partnered with Thomas B. Catron, an influential member of the territory's Republican Party. [1] Mills returned to New Haven in 1894 ...
May 23 – The USS Advance puts to sea from New York City to search for Franklin's lost expedition in the Arctic. June – Harper's Magazine published as a new monthly in New York City. June 1 – The 1850 United States census shows that 11.2% of the population classed as "Negro" are of mixed race.