Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. Bernard Braskamp, D. D‒‒‒‒‒ Mr. John J. Dempsey, of New Mexico_‒‒‒‒ Mr. Robert L. F. Sikes, of Florida----- Mr. William H. Natcher, of Kentucky. Mr. Otto E. Passman, of Louisiana__ Biography ANTONIO M. FERNANDEZ was born in Springer, Colfax County, N. Mex., January 17, 1902; attended the public schools, and Highlands University, Las Vegas, N. Mex.; received law training at Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn.; court reporter for the eighth judicial district of New Mexico 1925–1930; was admitted to the bar in 1931 and commenced practice in Raton, Colfax County, N. Mex.; assistant district attorney of the eighth judicial district in 1933; practiced law in Santa Fe, N. Mex., in 1934; served in the State house of representatives in 1935; chief tax attorney for the State tax commission in 1935 and 1936; first assistant attorney general 1937-1941; member of the first New Mexico Public Service Commission in 1941 and 1942; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth and to the six succeeding Congresses; had been reelected on November 6, 1956, to the Eighty-fifth Congress; served from January 3, 1943, until his death in Albuquerque, N. Mex., November 7, 1956; interment in Rosario Catholic Cemetery, Santa Fe, N. Mex. |