John E. Miles

For other people with the same name, see John Miles (disambiguation).

John E. Miles

12th Governor of New Mexico
In office January 1, 1939 – January 1, 1943
Lieutenant	James Murray, Sr. Ceferino Quintana
Preceded by	Clyde Tingley
Succeeded by	John J. Dempsey
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Mexico's At-large district
In office January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951
Preceded by	Georgia Lee Lusk
Succeeded by	John J. Dempsey
Personal details
Born	(1884-07-28)July 28, 1884 Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Died	October 7, 1971(1971-10-07) (aged 87) Santa Fe, New Mexico
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Susie C. Wade
Residence	Tucumcari
Profession	Public official

John Easten Miles (July 28, 1884 – October 7, 1971) was a U.S. politician who served as the 12th Governor of the state of New Mexico.

Biography

Miles was born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He attended the common schools of Tennessee, but left home at the age of seventeen. He settled in Texas and began farming. he did moderately well in that field, but a crop failure in 1906 convinced him to move to Oklahoma and then to New Mexico. He took a homestead there and married Susie C. Wade. Susie Wade was a member of the Choctaw Nation. Miles was descended from the Cherokee Nation. Racism in New Mexico politics during the early 20th century demanded that Miles keep his Native American history a secret.

Miles began to dabble in politics as an observer at first. When the United States Democratic Party began to take back the New Mexico Legislature in the 1920s, he started taking an active role in the political spectrum. He served in several offices including Quay County Assessor (1920–1924), secretary of the New Mexico State Tax Commission (1925), and secretary of the Democratic State Central Committee.

Miles came virtually out of nowhere to be elected Governor in 1938. This was partially because the New Mexico Democratic Party was having a dispute at the time between those who supported Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal and those who opposed it. Miles, an in between who was not an advocate but also did not work against the New Deal, was seen as a compromise. His term was rather uneventful, especially compared to that of his predecessor.

Upon completion of Miles' term as Governor he returned to holding various low-level organizational positions including chairman of the Public Service Commission (1943–1948), and Commissioner of Public Lands (1947–1948).^[1]

Finally, in 1948, the Democratic Party figured Miles would be an easy shot to take out Georgia Lee Lusk in a primary for her Congressional seat. He just barely edged out Lusk, and only served one term as a Congressman (1949–1951) before retiring from public life. Miles died on October 7, 1971.

References

↑ State of New Mexico (July 2012). Kathryn A. Flynn, ed. 2012 Centennial Blue Book (PDF). Diana J. Duran. Office of the New Mexico Secretary of State. pp. 233–234.

United States Congress. "John E. Miles (id: M000705)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

Political offices
Preceded by Clyde Tingley	Governor of New Mexico 1939–1943	Succeeded by John J. Dempsey
United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Georgia Lee Lusk	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Mexico's At-large district 1949–1951	Succeeded by John J. Dempsey

Governors of New Mexico

U.S. Military Admin (1846–51)	Military Kearny Price Washington Munroe Civilian Bent Vigil Connelly

U.S. Territory (1851–1912)	Calhoun Lane Meriwether Rencher Connelly Mitchell Pile Giddings Axtell Wallace Sheldon Ross Prince Thornton Otero Hagerman Curry Mills

State (since 1912)	McDonald C. De Baca Lindsey Larrazolo M. Mechem Hinkle Hannett Dillon Seligman Hockenhull Tingley Miles Dempsey Mabry E. Mechem Simms E. Mechem Burroughs E. Mechem Bolack Campbell Cargo King Apodaca King Anaya Carruthers King Johnson Richardson Martínez

See also Mexican governors of New Mexico, Spanish governors of New Mexico

Members of the United States House of Representatives from New Mexico

Territorial (1851–1912)

Seat	Weightman Gallegos M. A. Otero Watts F. Perea Chaves Clever Chaves Gallegos Elkins Romero M. S. Otero Luna Manzanares Joseph Catron Fergusson P. Perea Rodey Andrews

At-large seats (1912–1969)

Seat	Fergusson Hernández Walton Hernández N. Montoya Morrow Simms Chávez Dempsey Anderson Lusk Miles Dempsey Morris

Seat	Curry none (1913–1943) Fernández J. Montoya Walker

Districts (1969–present)
(3rd district established in 1983)

1st district	Lujan Schiff Wilson Heinrich Grisham

2nd district	Foreman Runnels Skeen Pearce Teague Pearce

3rd district	Richardson Redmond Udall Luján

New Mexico during World War II

People	Jack Aeby Jerry C. Begay John J. Dempsey Thomas Farrell Enrico Fermi Leslie Groves John E. Miles Chester Nez Lloyd Oliver Willard Varnell Oliver J. Robert Oppenheimer Merril Sandoval Emilio G. Segrè Frank Tsosie Thompson

Military installations	Alamogordo Army Airfield Camp Lordsburg Clovis Army Airfield Carlsbad Army Airfield Deming Army Airfield Fort Stanton Fort Sumner Army Aifield Hobbs Army Airfield Kirtland Field Los Alamos National Laboratory Roswell Army Airfield White Sands Proving Ground

See also	200th Coast Artillery American Theater Arizona during World War II Bat bomb Code talker Escape from Fort Stanton Lordsburg Killings Manhattan Project Military history of the United States during World War II Nevada during World War II New Mexico World War II Army Airfields Santa Fe Riot Trinity

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 4509452 LCCN: no94033653 US Congress: M000705

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