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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New MexicoTranquilino LUNA
(1849-1892)
LUNA, Tranquilino, a
Delegate from the Territory of New Mexico; born in Los Lunas,
Valencia County, N.Mex., February 25, 1849; attended the public
schools and was graduated from the University of Missouri at
Columbia; engaged extensively in stock raising; delegate to the
Republican National Conventions in 1880 and 1888; elected as a
Republican to the Forty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1881-March 3,
1883); presented credentials as a Delegate-elect to the
Forty-eighth Congress and served from March 4, 1883, until March 5,
1884, when he was succeeded by Francisco A. Manzanares, who
contested his election; sheriff of Valencia County 1888-1892; died
in Peralta, Valencia County, N.Mex., November 20, 1892; interment
in Los Lunas Cemetery, Los Lunas, N.Mex.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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