Henry Connelly
| Henry Connelly | |
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From 1909's The History of the Military Occupation of the Territory of New Mexico from 1846 to 1851.
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| Governor of New Mexico | |
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In office June 1850 – September 1850 |
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| Preceded by | John Munroe |
| Succeeded by | John Munroe |
| Governor of New Mexico | |
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In office September 4, 1861 – July 6, 1866 |
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| Preceded by | Abraham Rencher |
| Succeeded by | Robert Byington Mitchell |
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| Born | 1800 Spencer County, Kentucky |
| Died | August 12, 1866 (aged 65–66) |
| Nationality | United States |
| Occupation | Physician and merchant |
| Known for | Governor of New Mexico |
Henry Connelly (1800–August 12, 1866) was Governor of the New Mexico Territory during the American Civil War. He was appointed by President Lincoln and served from September 4, 1861 until July 6, 1866. During his term, the territory broke into two, and then three parts due to the Civil War and administrative problems.
Connelly was born in Spencer County, Kentucky in 1800. In 1828, he received a medical degree from Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky. He practiced medicine and ran a store in Liberty, Missouri from 1820 until 1824, when he traveled the Santa Fe Trail from Independence, Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico with other merchants. During and following these years of travel and trading, he no longer practiced medicine, except in the case of an emergency. In 1828 he moved to Chihuahua, Mexico where he lived until 1848, continuing to make business journeys to Missouri and New Orleans. He married a Mexican woman there in 1838, with whom he had three children. Sometime in the 1840s he moved to Peralta about 17 miles south of the town of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Connelly participated in negotiations in Santa Fe between governor Manuel Armijo and James W. Magoffin (another early trader gaining wealth from Santa Fe trail commerce, and brother-in-law of Susan Shelby Magoffin), preparing the way for Kearny's 1846 bloodless Capture of Santa Fe during the Mexican-American War.
In 1849, after the death of his first wife, Connelly married Delores Perea. Perea was the widow of Don Mariano Chaves, one of the governors of New Mexico while it was under the rule of Mexico. She was also the mother of Don Mariano's son, José Francisco Chaves, who served three terms in the United States House of Representatives as delegate from the New Mexico Territory, 1865 to 1871.
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