Government
- Toney Anaya, (1941- ), Governor
- Clinton Presba Anderson, (1895–1975), Senator
- Elfego Baca (1865–1945)
- Jeff Bingaman, (1943- ), Senator
- Dennis Chavez (1888–1962), Senator
- Bronson M. Cutting, (1888–1935), Senator
- Pete Domenici, (1932–), Senator
- Pat Garrett (1850 – 1945)
- Bruce King, Former New Mexico Governor
- Joseph Montoya, U.S. senator
- Janet Napolitano, (1957–), United States Secretary of Homeland Security
- Bill Richardson (1947–), Energy Secretary, Ambassador to the United Nations, Former Governor, first Hispanic candidate for the U.S. Presidency
- Gary Johnson (1953- ) Former Governor, Libertarian presidential candidates, 2012
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Famous quotes containing the word government:
“The only government that I recognize—and it matters not how few are at the head of it, or how small its army—is that power that establishes justice in the land, never that which establishes injustice.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)
“This Government has found occasion to express, in a friendly spirit, but with much earnestness, to the Government of the Czar, its serious concern because of the harsh measures now being enforced against the Hebrews in Russia.”
—Benjamin Harrison (1833–1901)