Notes About Member's Term:Was youngest member of the House of the 1st General Assembly.
The first legislative session convened on November 1, 1876 and adjourned on
March 20, 1877.
From 1876/77 through 1949 the General Assembly only met every 2 years on odd
numbered years.
Gender:MaleBirth year and Place:1854Taos County NM
City of Residence:ConejosNotes:
Archuleta County is named, in part, afterhim.
https://www.archuletacounty.org/101/History-of-Archuleta-County
In 1876 he was elected a member of the first house of legislature of the newly
admitted State and, by re-election, he served for two terms as the
representative of Conejos and Costilla Counties.
In 1883 he was elected to the State senate from Conejos County and served for 4
years. During the second
year of his service he introduced the bill providing for the separation of
Archuleta from Conejos County. It was his intention to name the new county
“Pagosa,” but his friends in the senate objected and urged the adoption
of“Archuleta” as the county name. [ from " The Real Pioneers of Colorado, by
Maria D. McGrath, vol. 1, page 35.]