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Ceferino Quintana (August 12, 1894March 20, 1977) was an American politician and law enforcement officer who served as
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from 1941 through 1943.


Background

Quintana served in
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. He later was a U.S. Marshal, and served as the
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of
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, from 1936 through 1940. He was also chair of the San Miguel County
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in the 1930s and 1940s. Quintana ran for
lieutenant governor of New Mexico The lieutenant governor of New Mexico ( es, Lista de Vicegobernadores de Nuevo México) is an elected official in the state of New Mexico that ranks just below the governor of New Mexico. The lieutenant governor is the first person in the order of ...
in the 1940 election, and won, taking office in 1941. He served as the acting
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in February and March 1941. In 1942, he decided to run for sheriff of San Miguel County, but lost the election. Quintana lived in Pecos, New Mexico.
Administration and Use of Public Lands: Part 16: Phoenix, Ariz.: May 10 and 11, 1945
': Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the United States Senate Committee on Public Lands and Surveys,
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, First Session, Pursuant to S. Res. 241 (76th Congress) (Government Printing Office: Washington, 1945), pp. 5244-45. Quintana died at the Albuquerque Veterans Administration Medical Center on March 20, 1977.


See also

* List of minority governors and lieutenant governors in the United States


References

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