New Mexico became a state in 1912. John has been the most common name among its governors since then. Toney is the most uncommon as a given name.
John: 5 NM Governors
John Easten Miles 1939-43
John Joseph Dempsey 1943-47
John Field Simms 1955-57
John Burroughs 1959-61
Jack M. Campbell 1963-67 (given name: John)
Arthur: 2 NM Governors
Arthur Thomas Hannett 1925-27
Arthur Seligman 1931-33
Gary: 2 NM Governors
Garrey Edward Carruthers 1987-91
Gary Earl Johnson 1995-03
Thomas: 2 NM Governors
Thomas Jewett Mabry 1947-51
Tom Bolack 1962-63 (Thomas Felix Bolack)
William: 2 NM Governors
William Calhoun McDonald 1912-17
Bill Richardson 2003-11 (William Blaine Richardson III)
Only one:
- Andrew W. Hockenhull 1933-35
- Bruce King 1971-75, 1979-83, 1991, 95
- Clyde Tingley 1935-39
- David Francis Cargo 1967-71
- Edwin Leard Mechem 1951-55, 1957-59, 1961-62
- Ezequiel Cabeza de Baca 1917
- James Fielding Hinkle 1923-25
- Jerry Apodaca 1975-79 (born Raymond S. Apodaca)
- Merritt Cramer Mechem 1921-23
- Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo 1919-21
- Richard Charles Dillon 1927-31
- Susana Martinez 2011
- Toney Anaya 1983-87
- Washington Ellsworth Lindsey 1917-19
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