Néstor Montoya
Néstor Montoya ( born April 14, 1862 in Albuquerque, New Mexico; † 13 January 1923 in Washington DC ) was an American politician. Between 1921 and 1923 he represented the first electoral district of the state of New Mexico in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Early years
Néstor Montoya attended the public schools of his native land and from then until 1881, the St. Michael 's College in Santa Fe. After that, he worked for some time in the post office of Santa Fe and for the federal tax authority. In the former New Mexico Territory, he sat down early for the integration of citizens with Spanish- Mexican descent in the society. Since 1889 he was the owner and publisher of Spanish-language newspaper " La Bandera Americana ". Montoya was also a proponent of the accession of New Mexico as a regular state to the United States.
Political career
Montoya was a member of the Republican Party. Between 1892 and 1903 he was a member, and at times President in the territorial House of Representatives. In the years 1905 and 1906 he was a member of the Territorial Senate. From 1908 to 1923 he was chairman of the Press Association of New Mexico. 1910 Néstor Montoya was a member of the Constituent Assembly of New Mexico. From 1916 to 1919 he served on the board of the University of New Mexico. During the First World War, Montoya was a member of the National Defence Council and he was a member of the Recruitment Commission in Bernalillo County.
In the congressional elections of 1920, Néstor Montoya was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. There he took over from the March 4, 1921 Benigno C. Hernández. For the elections of 1922 he was no longer set up by his party. He could have but themselves can undertake any second term in case of his re-election because he died in office of Congressman before the end of the current legislature. After his death on January 13, 1923 his seat was left vacant until the end of the legislature on March 3, 1923 before then in 1922 elected John Morrow of the Democratic Party became his successor. In Congress was Montoya member of the Committee on Indian Affairs and the Committee for management of public lands.