Thomas B. Catron

Thomas Benton Catron ( born October 6, 1840 in Lexington, Missouri, † May 15, 1921 in Santa Fe, New Mexico ) is an American politician ( Republican) of the founding of the State of New Mexico mitbeeinflusste significantly and this was also represented in the U.S. Senate.

Career

Catron earned his doctorate in law at the University of Missouri in 1860. During the American Civil War he served in the Confederate Army. After the lost war, he moved in 1866, like other veterans also, in the former New Mexico Territory and settled in Las Cruces. He quickly became district attorney there, and finally in 1860 the Attorney General. President Ulysses S. Grant appointed him in 1869 even to the United States Attorney ( federal prosecutor ). From 1895 to 1897 he represented the Territory as a delegate in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Catron was involved early for a State of New Mexico and finally as New Mexico in 1912 as 47th state joined the Union, he was elected by a large majority to the Senate. His political career was overshadowed by his friendship with Albert B. case, an intricate in many scandals politicians. 1916 asked him his party, so not to run again for the Senate. He came to this call, and retired into private life.

The Catron County, New Mexico was named after him.

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