Francisco Perea was a Delegate from the Territory of New Mexico, and cousin of Pedro Perea

Pedro Perea

Pedro Perea was a Delegate from the Territory of New Mexico, cousin of Francisco Perea.Born in Bernalillo, New Mexico, Perea attended St. Michael's College, Santa Fe, New Mexico and Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., and graduated from St. Louis University, St...

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Biography

Born in Los Padillas, New Mexico (then in the Republic of Mexico), Perea attended select schools in Bernalillo County and at Santa Fe from 1836 to 1839. He enrolled at the Jesuit College, St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis, Missouri

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 from 1843 to 1845 and received collegiate training at the Bank Street Academy in New York City

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 1847-1849.
From 1850 to 1864 he was engaged in stock raising and commercial pursuits and in carrying merchandise by mule train from St. Louis and Independence, Missouri, to Mexico. He served as member of the Territorial council in 1858, 1866, and 1884.

During the Civil War

American Civil War

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, Perea served as lieutenant colonel of Perea's Battalion in 1861 and 1862.
He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1864.

Perea was elected as a Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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 to the Thirty-eighth

38th United States Congress

-House of Representatives:Before this Congress, the 1860 United States Census and resulting reapportionment changed the size of the House to 241 members...

 Congress (March 4, 1863-March 3, 1865).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1864.
He moved from Bernalillo County to Jemez Springs, New Mexico

Jemez Springs, New Mexico

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, in 1881.
He served as proprietor of the springs and a hotel.
He was also postmaster of Jemez Springs 1894-1905.
He moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Albuquerque is the largest city in the state of New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat of Bernalillo County and is situated in the central part of the state, straddling the Rio Grande. The city population was 545,852 as of the 2010 Census and ranks as the 32nd-largest city in the U.S. As...

, in 1906 and died there May 21, 1913.
He was interred in Fairview Cemetery.

See also

• Hispanics in the American Civil War
  Hispanics in the American Civil War
  Hispanics in the American Civil War fought on both the Union and Confederate sides of the conflict. It is estimated that approximately 3,500 Hispanics, mostly Mexican-Americans, Puerto Ricans and Cubans living in the United States joined the war: 2500 for the Confederacy and 1000 for the Union...
  
  
• Emerson, Ralph. The Leading Facts of New Mexico History, pg 399

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