Education
Colorado State University. Texas Technical University.
Colorado State University. Texas Technical University.
Burroughs, a Democratic served only one-term and is remembered for honest government and introduction of the concept of a state Personnel Acting to improve the quality of state workers and limit somewhat the effect of political patronage. As governor Burroughs stressed financial responsibility and pressed state officials to recover funds due and owing to the state. He created the New Mexico Department of Development incorporating the Tourist Bureau, the Economic Development Commission and the New Mexico Magazine under one authority.
He was not re-elected.
The next year he made a bid for the Democratic nomination for governor, but was stymied early in the process when his bid was quashed by the powerful Senator Clint Anderson. He ran again for governor in 1966, receiving the Democratic pre-primary convention endorsement, but was soundly defeated in the Democratic primary.
Burroughs retired from politics, but still served on the New Mexico Finance Board under governors Bruce King and Jerry Apodaca.