Background
Hernandez, Benigno Cardenas was born on February 13, 1862 in Taos, Taos Company, New Mexico, United States. Son of Don Juan Jose and Dona Maria M. (Cardenas) Hernandez.
Hernandez, Benigno Cardenas was born on February 13, 1862 in Taos, Taos Company, New Mexico, United States. Son of Don Juan Jose and Dona Maria M. (Cardenas) Hernandez.
Educated private schools, Taos.
Member Amador & Company, sheep, cattle and merchandise, ranch at Canjilon, New Mexico, since 1904 Clerk Probate Court, Rio Arriba Company, 1900-1904. Sheriff, 1905-1907; county collector and treasurer, 1908-1911. Delegate Republican National Convention, Chicago, 1912.
Receiver United States Land Office, Santa Fe, 1912-1914.
Member 64th and 66th Congresses (1915-1917, 1919-1921), at large, New Mexico.
Member Amador & Company, sheep, cattle and merchandise, ranch at Canjilon, New Mexico, since 1904 Clerk Probate Court, Rio Arriba Company, 1900-1904. Member 64th and 66th Congresses (1915-1917, 1919-1921), at large, New Mexico. Member State Council Defense, and District Board Division 1, New Mexico, under Selective Service Acting.
Now collector internal revenue.
Married Frances Whitlock, of Taos, New Mexico, April. Children: John Whitlock, Isabel Ruth, Benigno C. In mercantile business in Ojo Caliente and Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico, since 1889.