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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New MexicoOctaviano Ambrosio LARRAZOLO
(1859-1930)
Senate Years of Service:
1928-1929Party: RepublicanLARRAZOLO, Octaviano
Ambrosio, a Senator from New Mexico; born in El Valle de San
Bartolo (now Allende), State of Chihuahua, Mexico, December 7,
1859; moved to Tucson, Ariz., in 1870 as a protege of the bishop of
Arizona; studied theology and attended St. Michael’s College
at Santa Fe, N.Mex., in 1875 and 1876; taught in the public schools
in Tucson and in El Paso County, Texas; clerk of the district court
at El Paso; clerk of the United States District and Circuit Courts
for the Western District of Texas at El Paso, Tex.; studied law;
admitted to the bar in 1888; elected district attorney for the
western district of Texas in 1890 and reelected in 1892; moved to
Las Vegas, N.Mex., in 1895 and resumed the practice of law;
unsuccessful Democratic candidate for election as a Delegate to
Congress from New Mexico in 1890, 1900, and 1908; changed
affiliation to the Republican Party in 1911; elected Governor of
New Mexico in 1918; member, New Mexico house of representatives in
1927 and 1928; elected on November 6, 1928, as a Republican to the
United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
Andrieus A. Jones and served from December 7, 1928, to March 3,
1929; due to illness, was not a candidate for the full term;
resumed the practice of law; died in Albuquerque, N.Mex., April 7,
1930; interment in Santa Barbara Cemetery in Albuquerque.
Bibliography
American National Biography; Dictionary of American
Biography; Cordova, Alfred C., and Charles Burnet Jacob.
Octaviano Larrazolo, a Political Portrait. Albuquerque:
Division of Research, Department of Government, University of New
Mexico, 1952.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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