(June 27, 1833 -- November 26, 1904) Jose Francisco Chaves was born in Padillas, Mexico (now new mexico). Chaves was a(n) studier of medicine, stock raiser, president of a territorial council, solider, superintendent, state historian, and American politician. Chaves was president of the Territorial council for eight sessions, district attorney for the 2nd judicial district (1875-1877), member and president of state constitutional convention (1889), State superintendent of public instruction (1903 - 1904), was appointed State historian of New Mexico in 1903, and was assassinated before he could start his term. He served as a major in the First New Mexico Infantry in the Union Army during the Civil War and was promoted to lieutenant colonel. Jose was elected as a Republican to the 39th and 41st congresses (March 4, 1865 - March 3, 1867 and February 20, 1869 - March 3, 1871) and successfully contested the election of Charles P. Clever to the 40th Congress. He was not reelected in the 42nd Congress. [Source: 'biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - Present', available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=C000337]"

(September 26, 1841 — January 4, 1911) Elkins was an American politician and lawyer. Stephen Elkins was born in Perry County, Ohio and moved to Missouri where he attended school and graduated from the University of Missouri in 1860. He served as a captain in the Union Army during the Civil War and moved to the New Mexico Territory after the war. He practiced law in the territory and served in the Territorial House of Representatives from 1864 to 1865. His political career continued as he served as the district attorney for the Territory (1866-1867), attorney general (1867), and United States district attorney for the Territory (1867-1870). He was elected as a Republican to represent the Territory for the Forty-Third and Forty-Fourth Congresses. After his time in Congress, he moved to West Virginia, where he was elected to the United States Senate to represent West Virginia, from 1895 until he died in 1911. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/E000110]

(October 30, 1815 — April 21, 1875) Gallegos was a theologian and politician. Jose Gallegos was born in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. He studied theology at the College of Durango, in the Republic of Mexico and joined the Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Mexico from 1843 to 1846. When New Mexico became an American Territory, Gallegos served as a member of the first Territorial Council of New Mexico in 1851. He later served in the Territorial House of Representatives (1860-1862) and as the Treasurer of the Territory (1865-1866). Gallegos presented his credentials as the Delegate-elect to Congress in March 1853, but his election was contested and he was succeeded by Miguel A. Otero. He was later elected as a Democrat to the Forty-Second Congress, and he served from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1873. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/G000022]