L. Bradford Prince

LeBaron Bradford Prince ( born July 3, 1840 in Flushing, New York City; † December 22, 1922 in Queens, New York City ) was an American politician and from 1889 to 1893 Governor of New Mexico Territory.

Rise

About Princes youth little is known. But he must have studied law. Later, he was then a member of the Republican Party. In the years 1868 and 1876 he was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions, where Ulysses S. Grant and Rutherford B. Hayes were nominated for their presidential candidate. In the meantime, Prince worked as a lawyer.

Political career

Between 1871 and 1875, Prince was a member of the House of Representatives from New York. From 1876 to 1877 he was then in the Senate of that State. In 1878 he was appointed as a judge to the Supreme Court in the New Mexico Territory. This office he held until 1882. In 1884 he was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives for New Mexico.

In 1889 he was appointed by President Benjamin Harrison as the new territorial governor of New Mexico. This office he held until 1893. 1909 Prince was a member of the Territorial Board of Directors and in 1911 he was a member of the Constituent Assembly of New Mexico. Prince was also a member of several associations such as the Society of Colonial Wars and the Sons of the Revolution; He was also a member of a Masonic lodge. Bradford Prince was married to Mary Catherine Beardsley since 1881. He died in December 1922.