Spanish governors of New Mexico

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The following is a list of governors of the Province of New Mexico under the Viceroyalty of New Spain.

Juan de Oñate (1598 – 1608)
Cristóbal de Oñate (Son) (1608 – 1609)
Pedro de Peralta (1610 – 1614)
Bernadino de Ceballos (1614 – 1618)
Juan de Eulate (1618 – 1625)
Felipe de Sotelo Osorio (1625 – 1630)
Francisco Manuel de Silva Nieto (1630 – 1632)
Francisco de la Mora Ceballos (1632 – 1635)
Francisco Martínez de Baeza (1635 – 1637)
Luis de Rosas (1637 – assassinated 1641)
Juan Flores de Sierra y Valdés (also died 1641)
Francisco Gomes (acting, 1641 – 1642)
Luis de Guzmán y Figueroa (1647 – 1649)
Alonso de Pacheco de Herédia (1643)
Fernando de Argüello (1644 – 1647)
Luis de Guzmán y Figueroa (1647 – 1649)
Hernando de Ugarte de la Concha (1649 – 1652)
Juan de Samaniego y Xaca (1652 – 1656)
Juan Manso de Contreras (1656 – 1659)
Bernardo López de Mendizábal (1659 – 1660)
Diego Dionisio de Peñalosa Briceño y Berdugo (1661 – 1664)
Tomé Dominguez de Mendoza (acting, 1664)
Juan Durán de Miranda (1664 – 1665)
Fernando de Villanueva (1665 – 1668)
Juan de Medrano y Mesía (1668 – 1671)
Juan Durán de Miranda (1671 – 1675)
Juan Francisco Treviño (1675 – 1679)
Antonio de Otermin (1679 – 1680, titular governor until 1683)

From 1680 until 1692, the Pueblo people revolted against Spanish domination and lived under their own rulers: Popé (1680 – 1685), and Luis Tupatu (1685 – 1692). The titular governors were Domingo Gironza Petriz Cruzate (1683 – 1686), Pedro Reneros de Posada (1686 – 1689), and Domingo Gironza Petriz Cruzate (1689 – 1691).

Diego de Vargas (titular 1688 – 1691, effective 1691 – 1697)^[1]
Pedro Rodríguez Cubero (1697 – 1703)
Diego de Vargas (1703 – 1704)
Juan Páez Hurtado (1704 – 1705)
Francisco Cuervo y Valdés (provisional, June 1705 – August 1707)
Jose Chacón Medina Salazar y Villaseñor (1707 – 1712)
Juan Ignacio Flores Mogollon (1712 – 1715)
Felix Martínez (acting, 1715 – 1716)
Antonio Valverde y Cosío (acting, 1716)
Juan Páez Hurtado (acting, 1716 – 1717)
Antonio Valverde y Cosío (interim, 1718 – 1721)
Juan Estrada de Austria (1721 – 1723)
Juan Domingo de Bustamante (1723 – 1731)
Gervasio Cruzat y Gongora (1731 – 1736)
Enrique de Olivade y Michelena (1736 – 1738)
Gaspar Domingo de Mendoza (1739 – 1743)
Joaquín Codallos (1743 – 1749)
Tomás Vélez Cachupín (1749 – 1754)
Francisco Antonio Marín del Valle (1754 – 1760)
Domingo de Mendoza (acting, 1760)
Manuel Portilla Urrisola (1760 – 1762)
Tomás Vélez Cachupín (1762 – 1767)
Pedro Fermín de Mendinueta (1767 – 1777)
Francisco Trevre (acting, 1777)
Juan Bautista de Anza (1778 – 1788)
Fernando de la Concha (1789 – 1794)
Fernando Chacón (1794 – 1804)
Joaquín del Real Alencaster (1804 – 1807)
Alberto Maynez (1807 – 1808)
José Manrique (1808 – 1814)
Alberto Maynez (1814 – 1816)
Pedro María de Allande (1816 – 1818)
Facundo Melgares (1818 – 1822)

[edit] Mexican Governors of New Mexico

Francisco Xavier Chávez (1822 – 1823)
José Antonio Vizcarra (1823 – 1824)
Bartolomé Baca (1824 – 1825)
Antonio de Narbona (1825)
José Antonio Vizcarra (1825 – 1827)
Manuel Armijo (1827 – 1829)
José Antonio Chávez (1828 – 1831)
Santiago Abreu (1831 – 1833)
Francisco Sarracino (1833 – 1835)
Albino Pérez (1835 – 1837)
Manuel Armijo (1838 – April 1844)
Mariano Martínez de Lejarza (April 1844 – March 1845)
Manuel Armijo (March 1845 – August 1846)
Juan Bautista Vigil y Alarid (August 1846)