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  Hernandez, Benigno C.
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NameBenigno C. Hernandez
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Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico , United States
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Born February 13, 1862
DiedOctober 18, 1954 (92 years)
ContributorThomas Walker
Last ModifedMr. Matt
Sep 22, 2012 05:26pm
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InfoHERNÁNDEZ, Benigno Cárdenas, a Representative from New Mexico; born in Taos, N.Mex., February 13, 1862; attended common and private schools; clerk in a general merchandise establishment in Taos County from 1880 to 1889; engaged in general merchandising and stock raising; moved to Lumberton in 1896 and engaged in mercantile pursuits; probate clerk and ex officio recorder of deeds for Rio Arriba County 1900-1904; moved to Tierra Amarilla in 1901; sheriff of Rio Arriba County 1904-1906; county treasurer and ex officio collector of taxes from 1908 until 1912; delegate to numerous State Republican conventions; receiver of the land office at Sante Fe, N.Mex., in 1912 and 1913, when he resigned; again engaged in mercantile pursuits and stock raising; delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1912 and 1916; member of the State exemption board during the First World War; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1917); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1916 to the Sixty-fifth Congress; elected to the Sixty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1919-March 3, 1921); was not a candidate for renomination in 1920; appointed collector of internal revenue for the district of New Mexico by President Harding on April 22, 1921, and served until 1933; member of the Selective Service Board 1940-1947; died in Los Angeles, Calif., on October 18, 1954; interment in Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.

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  11/05/1918 NM At-Large Won 50.71% (+2.62%)
  11/07/1916 NM At-Large Lost 48.05% (-0.82%)
  11/03/1914 NM At-Large Won 51.30% (+8.63%)
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