L. Bradford Prince
L. Bradford Prince | |
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14th Governor of New Mexico Territory | |
In office April 17, 1889 – April 20, 1893 | |
Appointed by | Benjamin Harrison |
Preceded by | Edmund G. Ross |
Succeeded by | William Taylor Thornton |
Chief Justice of New Mexico Supreme Court | |
In office 1878–1882 | |
New York State Senator 1st District | |
In office 1876–1877 | |
Personal details | |
Born |
Flushing, New York | July 3, 1840
Died |
December 22, 1922 82) Flushing, New York | (aged
Resting place | Flushing Cemetery |
Nationality | American |
Political party | Republican |
Alma mater | Columbia University |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Religion | Episcopalian |
LeBaron Bradford Prince (July 3, 1840 – December 22, 1922) was the 14th Governor of New Mexico Territory from 1889 to 1893.
Biography
Prince was born on July 3, 1840, in Flushing, Queens, New York. His parents were horticulturist William Robert Prince and his wife, Charlotte Goodwin (Collins) Prince. Young Prince started his career working in nurseries run by his father and brother. The nurseries were sold at the end of the Civil War, and he studied law at Columbia University, where he received an LL.B. in 1866.[1][2]
He was a delegate to Republican National Convention from New York in 1868. He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Queens Co., 1st D.) in 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874 and 1875. He was a member of the New York State Senate (1st D.) in 1876 and 1877.
In the Republican National Convention of 1876, he was among those who supported Rutherford B. Hayes over Roscoe Conkling. This resulted him being given the opportunity to be governor of the Territory of Idaho.[1] He passed on this option, but later became a chief justice of the New Mexico Territorial Supreme Court in 1878. He held that position till 1882. In 1883, he became president of the New Mexico Historical Society.[1] He was Governor of New Mexico Territory from 1889 to 1893. He was a member of New Mexico Territorial Council in 1909 and a delegate to the New Mexico State Constitutional Convention of 1911.
Prince led the movement to create the Spanish American Normal School and served as President of its governing board from 1909-1912.[3]
He was a member of the New Mexico Horticultural Society, the Society for the Preservation of Spanish Antiquities, the New Mexico Archaeological Society,[1] the Society of the Cincinnati, Sons of the Revolution, the Society of Colonial Wars and the Protestant Episcopal Church.
In 1879, he married Hattie E. Childs, who died in 1880. In 1881, he married Mary C. Beardsley. They had one child.[1] Prince died on December 22, 1922, in Queens, New York.
Works
Wikisource has original works written by or about: LeBaron Bradford Prince |
- E Pluribus Unum: The Articles of Confederation vs. the Constitution (1867)
- The General Laws of New Mexico (1880)
- A Nation or a League (1880)
- Historical Sketches of New Mexico (1883)
- The American Church and Its Name (1887)
- The Money Problem (1896)
- The Stone Lions of Cochiti (1903)
- Old Fort Marcy (1911)
- A Concise History of New Mexico (1912)
- The Student's History of New Mexico (1913)
- Spanish Mission Churches of New Mexico (1915)
- Abraham Lincoln, the Man (1917)
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Paul Alfred Francis Walter (1935). "Prince, LeBaron Bradford". Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
- ↑ Wilson, James Grant; Fiske, John, eds. (1900). "Prince, William". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
- ↑ Prince, L. Bradford (1977). Spanish Mission Churches of New Mexico. Glorieta, N.M: Rio Grande Press. p. 12. ISBN 0873801261.
- "Index to Politicians: Prince". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 2008-08-01.
- "LeBaron Bradford Prince". Find A Grave. Retrieved 2008-08-01.
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New York Assembly | ||
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Preceded by James B. Pearsall |
New York State Assembly Queens County, 1st District 1871–1875 |
Succeeded by Townsend D. Cock |
New York State Senate | ||
Preceded by John A. King |
New York State Senate 1st District 1876–1877 |
Succeeded by James M. Oakley |
Government offices | ||
Preceded by Edmund G. Ross |
Governor of New Mexico Territory 1889–1893 |
Succeeded by William Taylor Thornton |