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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New MexicoLUJÁN, Manuel, Jr.
(1928—)
LUJÁN, Manuel, Jr., a Representative from New Mexico; born on a small farm near the Indian Pueblo of San Ildefonso, N.Mex., May 12, 1928; attended grade school and junior high of Our Lady of Guadalupe; graduated from St. Michael’s High School, Sante Fe, N.Mex., 1946; attended St. Mary’s College, San Francisco, Calif.; B.A., College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, N.Mex., 1950; National Guard Reserve; former vice chairman, New Mexico Republican Party; engaged in his family’s insurance business; delegate, Republican National Convention, 1972, 1976, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-first and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1969-January 3, 1989); was not a candidate for renomination to the One Hundred First Congress in 1988; Secretary of the Interior in the Cabinet of President George H. Bush, 1989-1993; is a resident of Albuquerque, N.Mex.
“Manuel Lujan, Jr.” in Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1822-1995
. Prepared under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing by Carmen E. Enciso and Tracy North, Hispanic Division, Library of Congress. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1995.
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Manuel Lujan, Jr. Nomination: Hearing before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred First Congress, first session, on the nomination of Manuel Lujan, Jr., to be Secretary of the Interior, January 26, 1989
. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1989.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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