Mack Easley

{{Short description|American judge}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Mack Easley | image = Mack Easley.jpg | order1 = 19th | office1 = Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico | predecessor1 = [[Tom Bolack]] | successor1 = [[Lee Francis]] | term_start1 = January 1, 1963 | term_end1 = January 1, 1967 | governor1 = [[Jack M. Campbell]] | office2 = Member of the [[New Mexico House of Representatives]] | term2 = 1951–1953<br>1955–1963 | birth_date = {{birth date|1916|10|14|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Tahlequah, Oklahoma|Tahlequah]], [[Oklahoma]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2006|3|1|1916|10|14}} | death_place = [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]], U.S. | party = [[Democratic party (United States)|Democratic]] | alma_mater = [[University of Oklahoma College of Law|University of Oklahoma]] ([[Bachelor of Law|LLB]]) | spouse = Loyce Easley | children = 2 }}

'''Mack Easley''' (October 14, 1916 – March 1, 2006) was an American politician and judge in [[New Mexico]].

== Early life and education == Easley was born in [[Tahlequah, Oklahoma]]. He moved to [[Hobbs, New Mexico]] in 1947 after graduating from the [[University of Oklahoma College of Law]].

== Career == After serving as assistant District Attorney, he was elected to the [[New Mexico House of Representatives]], where he served five terms from 1951 to 1953 and 1955 to 1963. He also served Speaker of the House. In 1962, he was elected the 19th [[lieutenant governor of New Mexico]] and served for two terms (1963–1967) with Governor [[Jack M. Campbell|Jack Campbell]].<ref>{{cite book|last=State of New Mexico|editor=Kathryn A. Flynn|others=Diana J. Duran|title=2012 Centennial Blue Book|url=http://www.sos.state.nm.us/Public_Records_And_Publications/NMCentennialBlueBook.pdf|date=July 2012|publisher=Office of the New Mexico Secretary of State|pages=218–219|access-date=2013-04-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924103924/http://www.sos.state.nm.us/Public_Records_And_Publications/NMCentennialBlueBook.pdf|archive-date=2015-09-24|url-status=dead}}</ref> After returning to Hobbs to become its new State Senator, Governor [[Bruce King]] appointed him as a judge to the Fifth District Judge in 1974.<ref>{{cite news |title=Easley named justice |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/alamogordo-daily-news-jun-15-1976-p-1/ |access-date=23 June 2023 |publisher=Alamogordo Daily News |date=June 15, 1976}}</ref> In 1975, Governor [[Jerry Apodaca]] appointed Easley to a seat on the [[New Mexico Supreme Court]] vacated by the resignation of [[Donnan Stephenson]], where he was elected to a second term. He retired in 1982 as chief justice.

==Family== Easley married artist Loyce Easley, with whom he had two children, Roger Easley and June Hudson.

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{cite news |url=http://obits.abqjournal.com/obits/2006/03/03 |title=Obituaries: Mack Easley |date=3 March 2006 |newspaper=[[Albuquerque Journal]]}}

{{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{succession box | before = [[Tom Bolack]] | title = [[Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico]] | years=1963-1967| after= [[Lee Francis]] }} {{s-end}}

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