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Tranquilino Luna
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Mexico Territory's At-large district
In office March 4, 1881 – March 5, 1884 (Delegate)
Preceded by	Mariano S. Otero
Succeeded by	Francisco A. Manzanares
Personal details
Born	February 25, 1849 Los Lunas, New Mexico Territory
Died	November 20, 1892(1892-11-20) (aged 43) Peralta, New Mexico Territory
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	University of Missouri

Tranquilino Luna (February 25, 1849 – November 20, 1892) was a Delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the Territory of New Mexico. Born in Los Lunas, New Mexico, Luna attended the public schools and graduated from the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. He engaged extensively in stock raising.

Luna served as delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1880 and 1888. Luna was elected as a Republican to the Forty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883). He presented credentials as a Delegate-elect to the Forty-eighth Congress and served from March 4, 1883, until March 5, 1884, when he was succeeded by Francisco A. Manzanares, who contested his election. After leaving Congress, he was the Sheriff of Valencia County, New Mexico, from 1888 to 1892. He died in Peralta, New Mexico, on November 20, 1892, and was buried in Los Lunas Cemetery in Los Lunas, New Mexico.

See also

• List of Hispanic Americans in the United States Congress

Sources

• United States Congress. "Tranquilino Luna (id: L000513)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

v t e Members of the United States House of Representatives from New Mexico
Territorial (1851–1912)	Seat Weightman Gallegos M. A. Otero Watts F. Perea Chaves Clever Chaves Gallegos Elkins Romero M. S. Otero Luna Manzanares Joseph Catron Fergusson P. Perea Rodey Andrews
At-large seats (1912–1969)	Seat Fergusson Hernández Walton Hernández N. Montoya Morrow Simms Chávez Dempsey Anderson Lusk Miles Dempsey Morris Seat Curry none (1913–1943) Fernández J. Montoya Walker
Districts (1969–present) (3rd district established in 1983)	1st district Lujan Schiff Wilson Heinrich Lujan Grisham Haaland Stansbury 2nd district Foreman Runnels Skeen Pearce Teague Pearce Torres Small Herrell Vasquez 3rd district Richardson Redmond Udall Luján Leger Fernandez

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