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Dennis Chavez

Democratic politician from the U.S. state of New Mexico. (1888-1962)
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Dennis Chavez
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Facts

21 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[19]
Date of birth
April 8, 1888
Date of death
November 18, 1962
Place of birth
Los Chaves
Place of death
Washington, D.C.
Country of citizenship
United States[10]
Occupation
politician, lawyer, clerk, municipal clerk
Field of work
engineering[11]
Position held
United States representative, Member of the New Mexico House of Representatives, chairperson, chairperson, United States senator, United States senator, United States senator, United States senator, United States senator, United States senator, United States senator, United States senator, United States senator, United States senator, United States senator, United States senator, United States senator, United States senator, United States representative[12][13][14][15]
Educated at
Georgetown University Law Center, primary school[16][17]
Religion or worldview
Catholic Church[18]
Member of political party
Democratic Party[20]
Cause of death
myocardial infarction[21]
Work location
Washington, D.C.[24]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[26]
Family name
Chávez[22]
Given name
Dennis[23]
Manner of death
natural causes[25]
Name in native language
Dennis Chavez[27]
Place of burial
Mount Calvary Cemetery[9]
🏷️ Also known as
en Dennis Chavez en Dennis Chávez ar دنيس تشافيز fa دنیس چاوز he דניס צ'אבס ja デニス・チャベス ru Дэннис Чавез sv Chavez tr Dennis Chávez
🔖 Identifiers · 22
ISNI
0000000030675229
VIAF cluster ID
23729061
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n89125922
GND ID
1354550560
American National Biography ID
0700053
Archives at Yale agent ID
people/58082
BVMC person ID
73544
FAST ID
266251, 221287
Find a Grave memorial ID
6405788
Freebase ID
/m/035kv4
Geni profile ID
6000000020957518850
LegiStorm person ID
127458
Show all 22 identifiers +10
NNDB people ID
116/000169606
Our Campaigns candidate ID
13722
Prabook ID
1061047
SNAC ARK ID
w6wf4r6p, w64f1sjm
U.S. National Archives Identifier
10570915
US Congress Bio ID
C000338
United States House of Representatives ID
10875
WikiTree person ID
Chávez-2334
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJymxgvKgyc9w986WjF7pP
Yale LUX ID
person/13a5edf4-d9c5-4c32-b240-a675909f8275

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🔗 Connections
Position held 18
chairperson, chairperson, United States representative, United States representative, United States senator, United States senator, United States senator, United States senator +10 more
Occupation 4
politician, lawyer, clerk, municipal clerk
Educated at 2
primary school, Georgetown University Law Center
Cause of death 1
myocardial infarction
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Field of work 1
engineering
Given name 1
Dennis
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Member of political party 1
Democratic Party
Place of birth 1
Los Chaves
Place of death 1
Washington, D.C.
Religion or worldview 1
Catholic Church
Sex or gender 1
male
Work location 1
Washington, D.C.
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Summary

Dennis Chavez was born on April 8, 1888[1], in Los Chaves[2]. He died on November 18, 1962[3], in Washington, D.C.[4]. He worked as a politician[5], lawyer[6], clerk[7], and municipal clerk[8].

FAQs

Where was Dennis Chavez born?

Dennis Chavez's place of birth was Los Chaves[2].

Where did Dennis Chavez die?

Dennis Chavez passed away in Washington, D.C.[4].

What did Dennis Chavez do for work?

Dennis Chavez worked as a politician[5], lawyer[6], clerk[7], and municipal clerk[8].

Where did Dennis Chavez go to school?

Dennis Chavez was educated at Georgetown University Law Center[16] and primary school[17].

Related Entities

engineering lawyer United States United States senator

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Find a Grave. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [13] ↑ . bioguide.congress.gov. bioguide.congress.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . bioguide.congress.gov. bioguide.congress.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [15] ↑ . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [16] ↑ . bioguide.congress.gov. bioguide.congress.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [17] ↑ . bioguide.congress.gov. bioguide.congress.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . bioguide.congress.gov. bioguide.congress.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [6] ↑ . bioguide.congress.gov. bioguide.congress.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [7] ↑ . bioguide.congress.gov. bioguide.congress.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [8] ↑ . bioguide.congress.gov. bioguide.congress.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [9] ↑ . Find a Grave. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [3] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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