My Nine Years as Governor 1897-1906
Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1940. 1st Limited Edition. 8vo. Very Good / Very Good. Item #17914
A beautiful 1940 Limited Edition Signed by the former New Mexico Governor in black fountain pen ink on the Limitations page.
Tan cloth. Square tight binding. Clean interior. 404pp. Binding with little wear. Price clipped dust jacket with mild edge wear and lightly faded. Presents handsomely in archival mylar.
"In 1892 Otero served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention and met Ohio Senator William McKinley. When McKinley was elected President in 1896, he appointed Otero governor of the Territory of New Mexico. Given Otero's youth (37 years), his meager statewide experience, and his lack of support from either political party, the appointment was somewhat of a surprise. The Otero name was well known in New Mexico, however, and initially he was supported by a wide range of constituencies.
"As New Mexico moved towards statehood, Otero survived struggles against a variety of political factions in his own party. After McKinley's assassination, he survived a particularly brutal battle with Thomas B. Catron to earn reappointment by President Theodore Roosevelt. In 1899, he chartered the first secondary school in Santa Fe, Santa Fe High School. The infighting eventually took its toll, and in 1906, Roosevelt replaced Otero after more than eight years in the governor's mansion." - wiki
Overall an incredibly nice copy.
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