List of Governors of New Mexico facts for kids

The following is a list of the Governors of the state of New Mexico and New Mexico Territory.

Twenty-seven individuals have held the office of governor of New Mexico since the state's admission to the Union in 1912, two of whom—Edwin L. Mechem and Bruce King—served three non-consecutive terms. William C. McDonald, the first governor, took office on January 6, 1912. The current officeholder is Susana Martinez, who took office on January 1, 2011, as the first elected female governor of the state. Governors are limited to two consecutive terms but a former governor is eligible for re-election after an intervening governor's term expires.

Other high offices held

This is a table of the higher federal offices and other governorships held by governors. All representatives and senators represented New Mexico. * denotes offices that the governor resigned to take.

Governor	Gubernatorial term	Higher offices held
Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo	1919–1921	U.S. Senator
John E. Miles	1939–1943	U.S. Representative
John J. Dempsey	1943–1947	U.S. Representative
Edwin L. Mechem	1951–1955 1957–1959 1961–1962	-	Bill Richardson	2003–2011	U.S. Representative, U.S. Secretary of Energy, Ambassador to the United Nations