Joseph Montoya
Joseph Manuel Montoya (September 24, 1915 – June 8, 1978) was a Democratic U.S. Senator for New Mexico from 1964 until 1977.
Education
Montoya was born in Peña Blanca, New Mexico. His parents, Thomas and Frances Montoya, were Roman Catholic descendants of eighteenth-century Spanish settlers to New Mexico. He received his early education in public schools in Sandoval County and graduated from Bernalillo High School in 1931. He continued his education at Regis College in Denver, Colorado. In 1934 he began law school at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C..
Later life and career
In 1936 at age 21, while Montoya was still at Georgetown, he became the youngest representative in the history of the state to be elected to the New Mexico State House of Representatives. In 1938 Montoya graduated from law school and was reelected. The following year he was elected the Democratic majority floor leader.
New Mexico politics
Montoya continued his political ascent with his election to the New Mexico State Senate in 1940, once again becoming the youngest member of that body ever elected. By the time he left the Senate in 1946, Montoya had been twice reelected to the State Senate and held the positions of majority whip and Chairman of the Judiciary Committee. From 1947 to 1957 he was elected Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico three times and also served two additional terms in the State Senate.
Montoya, Joseph Filmography
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2011, role: actor , character name: Professor Munson Johnson
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2011, role: writer
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2011, role: editor
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2011, role: editor
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2011, role: actor
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2011, role: writer
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2010, role: actor , character name: Little Hispanic Boy
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2010, role: writer
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2010, role: editor
Montoya, Joseph Filmography
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1984, role: actor , character name: Dancer
Montoya, Joseph Filmography
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2011, role: producer
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2011, role: director
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2011, role: editor
