Historical Record
Previous Governors of New Mexico
Governors who previously held office in New Mexico, with term dates and party affiliation.
← View all statesMichelle Lujan GrishamDemocrat2019–2027
Susana MartinezRepublican2011–2019
Bill RichardsonDemocrat2003–2011
Gary JohnsonRepublican1995–2003
Bruce KingDemocrat1991–1995
Garrey CarruthersRepublican1987–1991
Toney AnayaDemocrat1983–1987
Bruce KingDemocrat1979–1983
Jerry ApodacaDemocrat1975–1979
Bruce KingDemocrat1971–1975
David CargoRepublican1967–1971
Jack M. CampbellDemocrat1963–1967
Tom BolackRepublican1962–1963
Edwin L. MechemRepublican1961–1962
John BurroughsDemocrat1959–1961
Edwin L. MechemRepublican1957–1959
John F. SimmsDemocrat1955–1957
Edwin L. MechemDemocrat1951–1955
Thomas J. MabryDemocrat1947–1951
John J. DempseyDemocrat1943–1947
John E. MilesDemocrat1939–1943
Clyde TingleyDemocrat1935–1939
Andrew W. HockenhullDemocrat1933–1935
Arthur SeligmanDemocrat1931–1933
Richard C. DillonRepublican1927–1931
Arthur T. HannettDemocrat1925–1927
James F. HinkleDemocrat1923–1925
Merritt C. MechemRepublican1921–1923
Octaviano Ambrosio LarrazoloRepublican1919–1921
Washington Ellsworth LindseyRepublican1917–1919
Ezequiel Cabeza De BacaDemocrat1917–1917
William C. McDonaldDemocrat1912–1917
William J. MillsIndependent1909–1912
George CurryIndependent1907–1910
Herbert James HagermanIndependent1905–1907
Miguel Antonio OteroIndependent1897–1906
William Taylor ThorntonIndependent1893–1897
L. Bradford PrinceIndependent1889–1893
Edmund G. RossIndependent1885–1889
Lionel Allen SheldonIndependent1881–1885
Lew WallaceIndependent1878–1881
Samuel Beach AxtellIndependent1875–1878
Marsh GiddingsIndependent1871–1875
William A. PileIndependent1869–1871
Robert Byington MitchellIndependent1865–1869
Henry ConnellyIndependent1861–1866
Abraham RencherIndependent1857–1861
David MeriwetherIndependent1853–1857
William Carr LaneIndependent1852–1853
James CalhounIndependent1850–1852