Henry Connelly (New Mexico Territory governor)
b. 1800? d. 1866-08-12
New Mexico Territory governor. Spencer County, Kentucky, native. Married to Delores Perrea Connelly. Graduated from the Transylvania University Medical Department in 1828. Moved to Santa Fe, Chihuahua, Mexico between 1828 and 1830. Partner of a mercantile firm overseeing trade between Santa Fe and Independence, Missouri. Involved in the establishment of the New Mexico Territory. Member of the Territorial Legislature of New Mexico in 1851. Governor of the New Mexico Territory from 1861 to 1866.
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New Mexico History, People, "Territorial Governor Henry Connelly," ( http://newmexicohistory.org/people/territorial-governor-henry-connelly) (accessed on May 11, 2017).
Citation
Connelly, Henry. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32211819 (November 12, 2026).
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