Antonio Jose Otero (1810 – November 20, 1870)[1][2] was a justice of the New Mexico Territorial Supreme Court from 1846 until 1851.[3]

On September 22, 1846, General Stephen W. Kearny, pursuant to authorization from President James K. Polk, appointed a variety of territorial officials, naming Joab Houghton, Charles H. Beaubien, and Otero to the territorial supreme court.[4] After his service on the court, Otero served as delegate to Congress from the territory.[1] In 1860, he was one of the incorporators of the New Mexican Railway Company.

Otero died at his home in Peralta, New Mexico, at the age of 60.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Death of a prominent New Mexican", Weekly New Mexican (January 10, 1871), p. 2.
  2. ↑ "Junta Publica", The Santa Fe New Mexican (November 25, 1870), p. 4 (in Spanish).
  3. ↑ Anderson, George B. (1907). History of New Mexico: its resources and people. Vol. 1. Los Angeles: Pacific States Pub. Co. OCLC 1692911.
  4. ↑ "Late from Santa Fe", The Somerset Herald (November 24, 1846), p. 1.


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