Mack Easley
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Mack Easley (October 14, 1916 – March 1, 2006) was an American politician and judge in New Mexico.
Early life and education
Easley was born in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. He moved to Hobbs, New Mexico in 1947 after graduating from the University of Oklahoma College of Law.
Career
After serving as assistant District Attorney, he was elected to the New Mexico House of Representatives, where he served five terms from 1951 to 1953 and 1955 to 1963. He also served Speaker of the House. In 1962, he was elected Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico and served for two terms (1963–1967) with Governor Jack Campbell.[1] After returning to Hobbs to become its new State Senator, Governor Bruce King appointed him as a judge to the Fifth District Judge in 1974.[2] In 1975, Governor Jerry Apodaca appointed Easley to a seat on the New Mexico Supreme Court vacated by the resignation of Donnan Stephenson, where he was elected to a second term. He retired in 1982 as chief justice.
Family
Easley married artist Loyce Easley, with whom he had two children, Roger Easley and June Hudson.
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- 1916 births
- 2006 deaths
- People from Tahlequah, Oklahoma
- Justices of the New Mexico Supreme Court
- Lieutenant governors of New Mexico
- Members of the New Mexico House of Representatives
- New Mexico state senators
- New Mexico lawyers
- Speakers of the New Mexico House of Representatives
- University of Oklahoma College of Law alumni
- 20th-century American judges
- Chief justices of the New Mexico Supreme Court
- 20th-century American lawyers
- Politicians from Oklahoma
- 20th-century members of the New Mexico Legislature