José Francisco Chaves
| José Francisco Chaves | |
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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 February 20, 1869 – March 3, 1871 Delegate |
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| Preceded by | Charles P. Clever |
| Succeeded by | José M. Gallegos |
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In office March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867 Delegate |
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| Preceded by | Francisco Perea |
| Succeeded by | Charles P. Clever |
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June 27, 1833 Padillas (then Mexico; now New Mexico, USA) |
| Died | November 26, 1904 (aged 71) Pinoswells, New Mexico Territory |
| Political party | Republican |
| Profession | Politician, Lawyer, Farmer |
José Francisco Chaves (June 27, 1833 – November 26, 1904) was a nineteenth-century military leader, politician, lawyer and rancher from the New Mexico Territory.
José Francisco Chaves was born on June 27, 1833 in Los Padillas, New Mexico (then in the Departmento de Nuevo México of the United Mexican States) in what is now Bernalillo County, near Albuquerque, New Mexico. His father was Don Mariano Chaves and his mother Dolores Perea was the daughter of Don Pedro Jose Perea of Bernalillo. She later married Dr. Henry Connelly, who became Territorial New Mexico governor during the Civil War. José's father, Don Mariano Chaves, was chief of staff under Governor Manuel Armijo in the revolution of 1837 and inspector general of all the military forces of New Mexico. Don Mariano later served as pro-tem governor under Mexican rule in the absence of governor Armijo. José Francisco was a paternal grandson of Don Francisco Xavier Chávez, the first Governor (1822–1823) of the Departmento de Nuevo México under the independent First Mexican Empire shortly after Mexican War of Independence from Spain ended in 1821. José was also a first cousin of Francisco Perea and of Pedro Perea. Related to the Chaves Family of Fall River Massachuesetts.
José Francisco Chaves attended schools in St. Louis, Missouri, studied medicine at the New York College of Physicians and Surgeons and engaged in raising in the New Mexico Territory. He married Mary Bowie in 1857, who died in 1874, leaving two children, Lola and Francesca. The former married Mariano Armijo, descendant of a prominent family of Bernalillo county, NM. The latter died in 1895.
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