Mercurio Martinez
| Mercurio J. "Merc" Martinez, Jr. | |
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| County Judge of Webb County, Texas | |
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In office January 1, 1991 – December 31, 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Andres "Andy" Ramos |
| Succeeded by | Louis H. Bruni |
| Constituency | Laredo, Rio Bravo, El Cenizo, Auilares, Botines, Bruni, Callaghan, Darwin, Islitas, La Presa, Laredo Ranchettes, Larga Vista, Las Tiendas, Los Ojuelos, Mirando City, Oilton, Pescadito, Ranchitos Las Lomas, Santo Tomás, and Webb |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
July 25, 1937 Laredo, Webb County, Texas |
| Nationality | Mexican American |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Rosa Ancira Martinez (married 1959) |
| Children |
Six children: |
| Parents | Mercurio, Sr., and Cristina Treviño Martinez |
| Residence | Laredo, Texas |
| Alma mater |
St. Augustine High School |
| Occupation | Educator; Banker |
Six children:
St. Augustine High School
Laredo Junior College
St. Mary's University
Mercurio J. Martinez, Jr., often known as Merc Martinez (born July 25, 1937), is an educator, rancher, and businessman from his native Laredo, Texas. From 1991 to 2002, he was the County Judge of Webb County in South Texas.
Martinez was one of two children born at the age of sixty-three to Mercurio Martinez, Sr. (1876-1965), and his third wife, the 42-year-old former Cristina Treviño. The senior Martinez was a descendant of Spanish-Mexican pioneers who had settled on the banks of the Rio Grande River in the mid-eighteenth century. An educator and public official in his native Zapata County, Martinez subsequently practiced law in Laredo until 1942, when he retired at the age of sixty-six. He continued to associate with other lawyers on occasional cases dealing with land ownership and engaged in historical research. The younger sister of Martinez, Jr., is named Rosa, which is also the name of his wife, the former Rosa Ancira, whom he married in 1959. Mercurio and Rosa Martinez have six children, Leticia, Adriana, Mercurio, III, Jorge, Carlos, and Rosalycia.
Martinez, Jr., was reared in the downtown La Azteca neighborhood of Laredo and graduated from St. Augustine High School, then located downtown in the San Agustin de Laredo Historic District adjacent to the Cathedral of San Agustin. He studied at Laredo Junior College, renamed in 1993 as Laredo Community College. He was exempt from conscription in the 1960s because he was a married father. From 1968 to 1978, Martinez was trustee of LJC and its parent organization, the Laredo Independent School District. This was an era where the "Patron Party" ruled all local governmental entities providing political favors in return for loyalty and votes. He has served since 2004 on the elected LCC board. He received his Bachelor of Business Administration in 1959 from St. Mary's University in San Antonio. He procured a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of North Texas in Denton. He did post-graduate study at Southern Methodist University near Dallas, Colorado State University in Fort Collins, and the Harvard University School of Business.
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