John Sebrie Watts

John Sebrie Watts ( born January 19, 1816 Boone County, Kentucky, † June 11, 1876 in Bloomington, Indiana ) was an American politician. Between 1861 and 1863 he represented the New Mexico Territory as a delegate in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Early years and political rise

During his school days came to Indiana Watts. He studied at Indiana University in Bloomington. After studying law, he began to work as a lawyer. Watts was a member of the Republican Party. Between 1846 and 1847 he was a delegate in the House of Representatives from Indiana. In the years 1851-1854 he served as a judge in the New Mexico Territory. He then worked again as a lawyer.

Congress delegate and other CV

In 1860, John Watts was elected Delegiertren of the New Mexico Territory in the U.S. House of Representatives. There he broke March 4, 1861 from Miguel Antonio Otero. In Congress, Watts completed until March 3, 1863 only a legislature as a delegate. As such, he had there not a full voting rights because New Mexico was still not an official state of the United States.

In 1864, Watts was a delegate to the Republican National Convention, was nominated to the President Abraham Lincoln for a second term. During the Civil War, Watts took an active part of the equipment of the Union troops. On July 11, 1868 John Watts was appointed by President Andrew Johnson to the Supreme Judge in the New Mexico Territory. This office he held for one year. He then worked as a lawyer in Santa Fe. Later he returned to Bloomington in Indiana, where he died in 1876.