Mariano S. Otero
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Mariano S. Otero | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Mexico Territory's At-large district | |
In office March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881 (Delegate) | |
Preceded by | Trinidad Romero |
Succeeded by | Tranquilino Luna |
Personal details | |
Born | Peralta, Mexican Republic (now Valencia County, New Mexico, United States | August 29, 1844
Died | February 1, 1904 Albuquerque, New Mexico Territory | (aged 59)
Political party | Republican |
Alma mater | Saint Louis University |
Occupation | businessman, banker, politician, judge |
Mariano Sabino Otero (August 29, 1844 – February 1, 1904) was a Congressional delegate from the
Born in Peralta, New Mexico, Otero attended private and parochial schools and Saint Louis University. He engaged in commercial pursuits and stock raising, and subsequently became a banker. He was probate judge of Bernalillo County in 1871–1879. He was also nominated by the Democratic State convention as a candidate for Delegate to the Forty-fourth Congress, but declined.
Otero was elected as a Republican to the Forty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1880, but instead engaged in his former business pursuits.
Otero served as commissioner of Bernalillo County in 1884–1886. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1888 to the Fifty-first Congress and in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress. He moved to
See also
- List of Hispanic Americans in the United States Congress
Sources
- United States Congress. "Mariano S. Otero (id: O000124)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress