Governors Of New Mexico through 1975 Under Spanish Rule 1598-1608 Don Juan De Oñate 1608-1609 Don Cristóbal De Oñate 1609-1614 Don Pedro De Peralta 1614-1618 Admiral Don Bernardino De Ceballos 1618-1625 Don Juan De Eulate 1625-1629 Admiral Don Felipe Sotelo Ossorio 1629-1632 Captain Don Francisco Manuel De Silva Nieto 1632-1635 Captain Don Francisco De La Mora Y Ceballos 1635-1637 Captain Don Francisco Martínez De Baeza 1637-1641 Captain Don Luís De Rosas 1641 General Don Juan Flores De Sierra Y Valdez 1641-1642 Sergeant Francisco Gómez 1642-1644 Captain Don Alonzo Pacheco De Heredia 1644-1647 Captain Don Fernando De Argüello Carvajál 1647-1649 Captain Don Luís De Guzmán Y Figueroa 1649-1653 Captain Don Hernando De Ugarte Y La Concha 1653-1656 Don Juan De Samaniego Y Xaca 1656-1659 Captain Don Juan Manso De Contreras 1659-1661 Captain Don Bernardo López De Mendizábal 1661-1664 Captain Don Diego Dionisio De Peñalosa Briceño Y Berdugo 1664-1665 Captain Don Juan Durán De Miranda 1665-1668 Captain Don Fernando De Villanueva 1668-1671 Captain Don Juan De Medrano Y Mesía 1671-1675 General Don Juan Durán De Miranda 1675-1677 Captain Don Juan Francisco De Treviño 1677-1683 Captain Don Antonio De Otermin (In Absentia For Last Four Years) 1683-1686 Captain Don Domingo Jironza Petriz De Cruzate (In Absentia) 1686-1689 Don Pedro Reneros De Posada (In Absentia) 1689-1691 Captain Don Domingo Jironza Petriz De Cruzate (In Absentia) 1691-1697 Don Diego De Vargas Zapata Lujan Ponce De Leon 1697-1703 Don Pedro Rodriguez Cubero 1703-1704 Don Diego De Vargas Zapata Lujan Ponce De Leon 1704-1705 Captain Don Juan Paez Hurtado 1705-1707 Don Francisco Cuervo Y Valdez 1707-1712 Admiral Don Joseph Chacon Medina Slazar Y Villasenor 1712-1715 Don Juan Ignacio Flores Mogollon 1715-1717 Captain Don Felix Martinez 1717 Captain Don Juan Paez Hurtado 1717-1722 Captain Don Antonio Valverde Y Cossio 1722-1731 Don Juan Domingo De Bustamente 1731-1736 Don Gervasio Cruzat Y Gongora 1736-1739 Don Henrique De Olavide Y Michelena 1739-1743 Don Gaspar Domingo De Mendoza 1743-1749 Don Joachin Codallos Y Rabal 1749-1754 Don Tomas Veles Cachupin 1754-1760 Don Francisco Antonio Marin De Valle 1760 Don Mateo Antonio De Mendoza 1760-1762 Don Manuel De Portillo Y Urrisola 1762-1767 Don Tomas Veles Cachupin 1767-1778 Captain Don Pedro Fermin De Mendinueta 1778 Don Francisco Trebol Navarro 1778-1788 Lieutenant Colonel Don Juan Bautista De Anza 1788-1794 Don Fernando De La Concha 1794-1805 Lieutenant Colonel Don Fernando Chacon 1805-1808 Colonel Don Joachin De Real Alencaster 1808 Don Alberto Maynez 1808-1814 Lieutenant Colonel Don Jose Manrique 1814-1816 Don Alberto Maynez 1816-1818 Don Pedro Maria De Allande 1818-1822 Captain Don Facundo Melgares Under Mexican Rule 1822 Francisco Xavier Chavez 1822-1823 Colonel Jose Antonio Vizcarra 1823-1825 Bartolome Baca 1825 Colonel Antonio Narbona 1825-1827 Colonel Jose Antonio Vizcarra 1827-1829 Manuel Armijo 1829-1832 Jose Antonio Chavez 1832-1833 Santiago Abreu 1833-1835 Francisco Sarracino 1835-1837 Colonel Albino Perez 1837-1844 Manuel Armijo 1844 Mariano Chavez 1844 Felipe Sena 1844-1845 General Mariano Martinez De Lejanza 1845 Jose Chavez Y Castillo 1845-1846 Manuel Armijo 1846 Juan Bautista Vigil Y Alarid Under United States Rule Military 1846 General Stephen Watts Kearney 1846-1848 Colonel Sterling Price Civil 1846 Juan B. Vigil 1846-1847 Charles Bent 1847-1848 Donaciano Vigil Civil-Military 1848-1849 Colonel J.M. Washington 1849-1851 Colonel John Munroe Territorial Government 1851-1852 John S. Calhoun 1852-1853 William Carr Lane 1853-1856 David Merriwether 1856-1857 W. H. H. Davis 1857-1861 Abraham Rencher 1861-1866 Henry Conelly 1866-1869 Robert B. Mitchell 1869-1871 William A. Pile 1871-1875 Marsh Giddings 1875-1878 Samuel B. Axtell 1878-1881 Lewis Wallace 1881-1885 Lionel A. Sheldon 1885-1889 Edmund G. Ross 1889-1893 L. Bradford Prince 1893-1897 William T. Thornton 1897-1906 Miguel A. Otero 1906-1907 Herbert J. Hagerman 1907-1910 George Curry 1910-1912 William J. Mills State Government 1912-1917 William C. Macdonald 1917 Ezequiel Cabeza De Vaca 1917-1919 Washington E. Lindsey 1919-1921 Octaviano A. Larrazolo 1921-1923 Merritt C. Mechem 1923-1925 James F. Hinkle 1925-1927 Arthur T. Hannett 1927-1931 Richard C. Dillon 1931-1933 Arthur Seligman 1933-1935 A. W. Hockenhull 1935-1938 Clyde Tingley 1939-1942 John E. Miles 1943-1946 John J. Dempsey 1947-1950 Thomas J. Mabry 1951-1954 Edwin L. Mechem 1955-1956 John F. Simms 1957-1958 Edwin L. Mechem 1959-1960 John Burroughs 1961-1962 Edwin L. Mechem 1962 Tom Bolack 1963-1966 Jack M. Campbell 1967-1970 David F. Cargo 1971-1974 Bruce King 1975- Jerry Apodaca