N%C3%A9stor Montoya


Nstor Montoya was a United States Representative from New Mexico. As an editor and politician, Nstor Montoya dedicated himself to the inclusion of Hispanics in the political and social life of New Mexico, and to the campaign for New Mexico statehood.

He was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico to Teodosio and Encarnacin Montoya where he attended the public schools. In 1881, he graduated from St. Michaels College, Santa Fe, New Mexico. After graduation he worked as a postal clerk for the U.S. Post Office in Santa Fe, and later at the U.S. Treasury Office there. He began newspaper work in 1889 and owned and edited the Spanish paper called La Bandera American.

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