Ceferino Quintana

{{short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Caferino Quintana | image = Ceferino Quintana.jpg | office = 12th [[Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico]] | predecessor = James Murray, Sr. | successor = [[James B. Jones]] | term_start = January 1, 1941 | term_end = January 1, 1943 | governor = [[John E. Miles]] | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | birth_date = August 12, 1894 | death_date = March 20, 1977 (aged 82) | death_place = [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]], U.S. | battles = [[World War I]] }} '''Ceferino Quintana''' (August 12, 1894{{spaced ndash}}March 20, 1977) was an American politician and law enforcement officer who served as the 12th [[lieutenant governor of New Mexico]] from 1941 through 1943.

== Background == Quintana served in [[World War I]].<ref name=obit/> He was later a [[U.S. Marshal]], and served as the [[sheriff]] of [[San Miguel County, New Mexico]], from 1936 through 1940.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/35601777/?terms=ceferino%20quintana&match=1 |title=23 Mar 1977, Page 1 |newspaper=Las Vegas Optic |via=Newspapers.com|date=March 23, 1977 |accessdate=September 25, 2020}}</ref> He was also chair of the San Miguel County [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] in the 1930s and 1940s.<ref name=obit/>

Quintana ran for [[Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico|lieutenant governor of New Mexico]] in the 1940 election, and won,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/581368676/?terms=ceferino%20quintana%20robert%20botts&match=1 |title=28 Jul 1971, 2|newspaper=The Santa Fe New Mexican|via=Newspapers.com |date=July 28, 1971 |accessdate=September 25, 2020}}</ref> taking office in 1941.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/156820672/?terms=ceferino%20quintana&match=1 |title=25 Jan 1941, Page 4|newspaper=Albuquerque Journal|via=Newspapers.com |date=January 25, 1941 |accessdate=September 25, 2020}}</ref> He served as the acting [[governor of New Mexico]] in February and March 1941.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/156844545/?terms=ceferino%20quintana%20mexico&match=1 |title=21 Feb 1941, Page 1 |newspaper=Albuquerque Journal |via=Newspapers.com|date=1941-02-21 |accessdate=2022-06-05}}</ref> In 1942, he decided to run for sheriff of San Miguel County,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/583985885/?terms=ceferino%20quintana&match=1 |title=17 Jul 1942, 4|newspaper=The Santa Fe New Mexican|via=Newspapers.com |date=July 17, 1942 |accessdate=September 25, 2020}}</ref> but lost the election.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/156830687/?terms=%22ceferino%20quintana%22%20sheriff&match=1 |title=5 Nov 1942, Page 9|newspaper=Albuquerque Journal|via=Newspapers.com |date=November 5, 1942 |accessdate=September 25, 2020}}</ref>

Quintana lived in [[Pecos, New Mexico]].<ref name=Hrg>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=WbVFAQAAMAAJ 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]], [[Seventy-seventh Congress]], First Session, Pursuant to S. Res. 241 (76th Congress) (Government Printing Office: Washington, 1945), pp. 5244-45.</ref>

Quintana died at the [[Albuquerque Veterans Administration Medical Center]] on March 20, 1977.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/581520309/?terms=ceferino%20quintana&match=1 |title=22 Mar 1977, 10|newspaper=The Santa Fe New Mexican|via=Newspapers.com |date=March 22, 1977 |accessdate=September 25, 2020}}</ref>

== See also == * [[List of minority governors and lieutenant governors in the United States]]

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