{{Short description|American judge (1884–1962)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2017}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Thomas J. Mabry | image = Thomas J. Mabry.png | order = 14th | office = Governor of New Mexico | term_start = January 1, 1947 | term_end = January 1, 1951 | lieutenant = [[Joseph Montoya]] | predecessor = [[John J. Dempsey]] | successor = [[Edwin L. Mechem]] | birth_name = Thomas Jewett Mabry | birth_date = {{birth date|1884|10|17|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Carlisle County, Kentucky|Carlisle County]], Kentucky, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1962|12|23|1884|10|17}} | death_place = [[San Francisco]], California, U.S. | spouse = (married three times) Winifred White, Katherine Burns, Clara A. Berchtold | profession = [[Lawyer|Attorney]] | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | signature = Signature of Thomas Jewett Mabry (1884–1962).png | footnotes = }}
'''Thomas Jewett Mabry''' (October 17, 1884{{spnd}} December 23, 1962) was an American attorney, politician and judge, who was chief justice of the [[New Mexico Supreme Court]] (1939–46) and the 14th [[governor of New Mexico]], from 1947 to 1951.
==Career== Thomas J. Mabry was born on October 17, 1884.<ref name=California>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-santa-fe-new-mexican-former-governor/158581386/ |title=Former Governor Dies in California |newspaper=[[The Santa Fe New Mexican]] |place=Albuquerque |agency=AP |pages=1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-santa-fe-new-mexican-former-governor/158581393/ 2] |date=1962-12-24 |access-date=2024-11-07 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> He attended the [[University of Oklahoma]] and the [[University of New Mexico School of Law]]. He settled in [[Clovis, New Mexico]], where he practiced law and published the local newspaper. He was a member of the New Mexico Constitutional Convention in 1910.
Mabry held numerous political and judicial posts, including serving in the [[New Mexico Senate]] (1912–17); on the [[Albuquerque, New Mexico|Albuquerque]] City Commission (1926–27); as [[District Attorney]] of Albuquerque (1932–36); and as a state district judge (1937–39). From 1939 to 1946, he was chief justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court. He was elected Governor as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] in 1946 and reelected in 1948. In 1917, during his time at the New Mexico Senate, his second wife [[Katherine Burns Mabry|Katherine Mabry]] became one of the first female lawyers in New Mexico.
During Mabry's time as governor, the state was active in several post-[[World War II]] initiatives, including creation of state commission on alcoholism and a fair employment practice commission.
Mabry's governorship was notable for his involvement in the [[Brushy Bill Roberts|"Brushy" Bill Roberts]] hearing. "Brushy" Bill Roberts claimed to be the outlaw William H. Bonney, a.k.a. Billy the Kid, and applied for a pardon from crimes Bonney had committed in New Mexico. Mabry announced the meeting, which was covered by the press. Mabry announced that he did not believe Roberts' story, and denied the pardon application. The press attention and the trip from his home in [[Hico, Texas]] to Santa Fe had a negative effect on the elderly Roberts' health, and he died soon afterwards.
In retirement, Mabry was a resident of Albuquerque. He died in [[San Francisco]] on December 23, 1962, and was buried at Fairview Memorial Park in Albuquerque.<ref name=California/>
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==External links== *[https://www.nga.org/cms/thomas-j-mabry Thomas J. Mabry] at ''National Governors Association'' *{{Find a Grave|26595145}} *[http://www.okcemeteries.net/rogermills/obit/mabrytj.html Obituary, Thomas Jewett Mabry] at ''Oklahoma Cemeteries'' *[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maack-macdevitt.html Thomas Jewett Mabry] at ''Political Graveyard'' *{{cite book |last=Peterson |first=Charles S. |date=1912 |title=Representative New Mexicans |url=https://archive.org/stream/representativene01denv#page/186/ |location=Denver, CO |publisher=C. S. Peterson |page=186}}
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