Descendant of Spanish and Mexican rulers of New Mexico, a Union Army veteran, and two term non-voting member of Congress from New Mexico. He was assassinated while at dinner by persons unknown in November 1904, aged seventy-one. (By John Osborne)
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Life Summary
Full name
José Francisco Chaves
Place of Birth
Burial Place
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Spouses
2
Family
Mariano Chávez (father), Delores Lauviana Perea Cháves (mother), Henry Connelly (stepfather), Mary Bowie (wife - two children - died 1857)
Education
Other
Other Education
Columbia Medical School
Occupation
Politician
Military
Attorney or Judge
Farmer or Planter
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Church or Religious Denomination
Catholic (Roman or Irish)
Political Parties
Republican
Government
US House of Representatives
State legislature
Other state government
Military
US military (Pre-Civil War)
Union Army
