“New Mexico Senator” Joseph Montoya Hand Signed 4X6 Card Todd Mueller COA

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“New Mexico Senator” Joseph Montoya Hand Signed 4X6 Card.
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Joseph Manuel Montoya
(September 24, 1915 – June 5, 1978) was an American politician and member of the
Democratic Party
who served as the
lieutenant governor of New Mexico
(1947–1951 and 1955–1957), in the
U.S. House of Representatives
(1957–1964) and as a
U.S. senator
from New Mexico (1964–1977). Montoya was born in
Peña Blanca, New Mexico
. His parents, Thomas and Frances Montoya, were Roman Catholic descendants of eighteenth-century
Spanish
settlers
to New Mexico. He received his early education in public schools in
Sandoval County
and graduated from
Bernalillo High School
in 1931. He continued his education at
Regis College
in
Denver, Colorado
. In 1934, he began law school at
Georgetown University
in
Washington, D.C.
In 1936 at age 21, while Montoya was still at Georgetown, he became the youngest representative in the history of the state to be elected to the
New Mexico House of Representatives
. In 1938, Montoya graduated from law school and was re-elected. The following year, he was elected the
Democratic
majority floor leader.