LeBaron Bradford Prince (July 3, 1840December 8, 1922) was an American lawyer and politician who served as chief justice of the New Mexico Territorial Supreme Court from 1878 to 1882, and as the 14th Governor of
New Mexico Territory from 1889 to 1893.
Biography
Prince was born on July 3, 1840, in
Flushing, Queens, New York. His parents were horticulturist
William Robert Prince and his wife, Charlotte Goodwin (Collins) Prince. Young Prince started his career working in
nurseries run by his father and brother. The nurseries were sold at the end of the
Civil War
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The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies ...
, and he studied law at Columbia University, where he received an LL.B. in 1866.
He was a delegate to Republican National Convention from New York in 1868. He was a member of the
New York State Assembly (Queens Co., 1st D.) in
1871,
1872
Events
January–March
* January 12 – Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first ruler crowned in that city in over 500 years.
* February 2 – The government of the United Kingdom buys a number of forts on ...
,
1873
Events
January–March
* January 1
** Japan adopts the Gregorian calendar.
** The California Penal Code goes into effect.
* January 17 – American Indian Wars: Modoc War: First Battle of the Stronghold – Modoc Indians defe ...
,
1874 and
1875
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The Midland Railway of England abolishes the Second Class passenger category, leaving First Class and Third Class. Other British railway companies follow Midland's lead during the rest of the ...
. He was a member of the
New York State Senate (1st D.) in
1876
Events
January–March
* January 1
** The Reichsbank opens in Berlin.
** The Bass Brewery Red Triangle becomes the world's first registered trademark symbol.
* February 2 – The National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs is ...
and
1877
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Queen Victoria is proclaimed ''Empress of India'' by the ''Royal Titles Act 1876'', introduced by Benjamin Disraeli, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom .
* January 8 – Great ...
.
In the Republican National Convention of 1876, he was among those who supported
Rutherford B. Hayes
Rutherford Birchard Hayes (; October 4, 1822 – January 17, 1893) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 19th president of the United States from 1877 to 1881, after serving in the U.S. House of Representatives and as governo ...
over
Roscoe Conkling
Roscoe Conkling (October 30, 1829April 18, 1888) was an American lawyer and Republican politician who represented New York in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. He is remembered today as the leader of the ...
. That resulted him being given the opportunity to be governor of the
Territory of Idaho.
[ He passed on that option but later became a chief justice of the New Mexico Territorial Supreme Court from 1878 to 1882. In 1883, he became president of the New Mexico Historical Society.][
President ]Benjamin Harrison
Benjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833March 13, 1901) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 23rd president of the United States from 1889 to 1893. He was a member of the Harrison family of Virginia–a grandson of the ninth pr ...
appointed Prince to Governor of New Mexico
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Territory from 1889 to 1893. Prince and his wife, Mary, resided in the Palace of the Governors
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and held social functions there.
Prince led the movement to create the Spanish American Normal School and served as President of its governing board from 1909–1912.
He was a member of New Mexico Territorial Council
The Territory of New Mexico was an organized incorporated territory of the United States from September 9, 1850, until January 6, 1912. It was created from the U.S. provisional government of New Mexico, as a result of '' Nuevo México'' becomin ...
in 1909 and a delegate to the New Mexico State Constitutional Convention of 1911.
He was a member of the New Mexico Horticultural Society, the Society for the Preservation of Spanish Antiquities, the New Mexico Archaeological Society,[ the Society of the Cincinnati, ]Sons of the Revolution
Sons of the Revolution is a hereditary society which was founded in 1876 and educates the public about the American Revolution. The General Society Sons of the Revolution headquarters is a Pennsylvania non-profit corporation
located at Willia ...
, the Society of Colonial Wars and the Protestant Episcopal Church
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.
In 1879, he married Hattie E. Childs, who died in 1880. In 1881, he married Mary C. Beardsley. They had one child.[
Prince died at Flushing Hospital in Queens on December 8, 1922.]
Works
*''E Pluribus Unum: The Articles of Confederation vs. the Constitution'' (1867)
*''The General Laws of New Mexico'' (1880)
*''A Nation or a League'' (1880)
*''Historical Sketches of New Mexico'' (1883)
*''The American Church and Its Name'' (1887)
*''The Money Problem'' (1896)
*''The Stone Lions of Cochiti'' (1903)
*''Old Fort Marcy'' (1911)
*''A Concise History of New Mexico'' (1912)
*''The Student's History of New Mexico'' (1913)
*''Spanish Mission Churches of New Mexico'' (1915)
*''Abraham Lincoln, the Man'' (1917)
References
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External links
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1840 births
1922 deaths
Governors of New Mexico Territory
Members of the New Mexico Territorial Legislature
Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly
New York (state) state senators
New Mexico Territory judges
American Episcopalians
New Mexico Republicans
Columbia Law School alumni
Justices of the New Mexico Supreme Court