Francisco Perea
| Francisco Perea | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Mexico Territory's At-large district |
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In office March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865 Delegate |
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| Preceded by | John S. Watts |
| Succeeded by | José Francisco Chaves |
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| Born |
January 9, 1830 Los Padillas, Mexico (then Mexico; now New Mexico, USA) |
| Died | May 21, 1913 (aged 83) Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| Political party | Republican |
| Occupation | politician, businessman, postmaster |
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| Allegiance |
 United States
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 Union Army
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| Years of service | 1861 - 1862 |
| Rank |
 Lieutenant Colonel (U.S.) |
| Commands | Perea's Battalion |
| Battles/wars | American Civil War |
Francisco Perea (January 9, 1830 – May 21, 1913) was a businessman and politician, serving first in the House of the New Mexico Territory after the area's acquisition by the United States following the Mexican-American War. He was a cousin of Pedro Perea, and grandson of Governor Francisco Xavier Chávez, the first Governor (1822–1823) of the Departamento de Nuevo México under the independent First Mexican Empire. Perea had a trade network along the Santa Fe Trail between St. Louis and Mexico.
During the American Civil War, Perea was commissioned as a Union Army lieutenant colonel, helping to defend the Territory. He was elected to serve as a delegate for the Territory of New Mexico to the 38th United States Congress from March 4, 1863 to March 3, 1865. After the war he served again in the Territorial legislature, and then as US postmaster of Jemez Springs from 1894 to 1905.
Perea was born January 9, 1830 in Los Padillas, New Mexico (then in the United Mexican States). This area is now within Bernalillo County, New Mexico, near Albuquerque. He was the third child of Juan Perea and his wife, Josefa Chaves de Perea, a family of Hispanos whose roots in the area dated to colonial era. He was a maternal grandson of Governor Francisco Xavier Chávez, the first Governor (1822–1823) of the Departamento de Nuevo México under the independent First Mexican Empire shortly after Mexican War of Independence from Spain ended in 1821. As a youth, Perea attended select schools in Bernalillo County from 1836 to 1837 and at Santa Fe from 1837 to 1839.
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