John J. Dempsey

Infobox Governor
name=John J. Dempsey


caption=
order=13th
office= Governor of New Mexico
term_start=January 1, 1943
term_end=January 1, 1947
lieutenant=
predecessor=John E. Miles
successor=Thomas J. Mabry
office2=Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Mexico's At-large district
term_start2=January 3, 1935
term_end2=January 3, 1941
predecessor2=Dennis Chavez
successor2=Clinton Presba Anderson
office3=Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Mexico's At-large district
term_start3=January 3, 1951
term_end3=March 11, 1958
predecessor3=John E. Miles
successor3=Thomas G. Morris
birth_date=birth date|1879|6|22|mf=y
birth_place=White Haven, Pennsylvania
death_date=death date and age|1958|3|11|1879|6|22
death_place=Washington, D.C.
spouse=Kathryn McCarthy (died), Gladys Everett
profession=Petroleum
residence=Santa Fe
party= Democratic
religion=Roman Catholic
footnotes=

John Joseph Dempsey (June 22, 1879 - March 11, 1958) was a United States Representative from New Mexico who also served as Governor of New Mexico. He was born in White Haven, Pennsylvania where he attended grade school. Employed as a telegrapher, he held various positions with the Brooklyn Union Elevator Company. He was the vice president of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company until 1919 when he entered the oil business in Oklahoma in 1919 and was vice president of the Continental Oil and Asphalt Company. He moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1920 and was an independent oil operator and in 1928 became president of the United States Asphalt Company.

Dempsey in 1932 was appointed a member and later president of the Board of Regents of the University of New Mexico. He served as the state director for the National Recovery Administration in 1933, then became state director of the Federal Housing Administration and the National Emergency Council. He was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fourth, Seventy-fifth, and Seventy-sixth Congresses (January 3, 1935-January 3, 1941) but was not a candidate for renomination in 1940 when he was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination for United States Senator.

Dempsey served as a member of the United States Maritime Commission 1941. He was the Under Secretary of the Interior from July 7, 1941, until his resignation on June 24, 1942. He was Governor of New Mexico from January 1, 1943, to January 1, 1947 and was unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for United States Senator in 1946. He was elected to the Eighty-second and the three succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1951, until his death in Washington, D.C., March 11, 1958. He was buried in Rosario Cemetery, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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