John Morrow (New Mexico)

John Morrow ( born April 19, 1865 Darlington, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, † February 25, 1935 in Santa Fe, New Mexico ) was an American politician. Between 1923 and 1929 he represented the first electoral district of the state of New Mexico in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Early years and career

John Morrow attended the public schools of his home and the Normal University. Later he worked in the states of Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska and New Mexico as a teacher. Between 1892 and 1896 he was a School Board in Colfax County in what was then New Mexico Territory. After studying law and his 1895 was admitted to the bar he began in Raton to work in his new profession.

Political career

Morrow was a member of the Democratic Party. From 1897 to 1898 he was a member of the Territorial House of Representatives. Between 1900 and 1901 he was the legal representative of the city of Raton. From 1903 to 1923 Morrow was Chairman of the Board of Education. In 1908 he attended as a delegate of the Democratic National Convention. Between 1921 and 1922, Morrow was also on the board of the New Mexico Normal University in Las Vegas.

In 1922, John Morrow was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. There he took on 4 March 1923, the seat of the late in January 1923 Néstor Montoya, who was temporarily unoccupied. After he was re-elected in each of the elections of 1924 and 1926, he could remain in office until March 3, 1929. In 1928, however, he lost to his Republican opponent, Albert G. Simms.

Further CV

After the end of his political career, John Morrow devoted to his private interests. He engaged in banking and agriculture, above all in livestock. In addition, he was a large landholder in the town Raton. He died in February 1935 in Santa Fe and was buried in Raton.