Casimiro Barela (March 4, 1847 - December 18, 1920) was an American politician responsible for authoring the Constitution of Colorado. He served in both the Colorado Territory legislature and the legislature of the State. He was known as the "Father of the Colorado Senate" and served for 40 years. According to scholars, Barela's legacy in Colorado would show a willingness to work for the Casimiro Barela. Born on March 4, 1847, in New Mexico, Casimiro Barela and his family moved to Colorado in 1867. At age 22, he was elected justice of the peace and began a career in public service that lasted 45 years. He was elected to the territorial legislature and served as sheriff and county assessor of Las Animas County. Denver's first Consul General of Mexico Casimiro Barela. Barela helped write the Colorado state constitution. He also served in the Territorial legislature and was one of Colorado's longest "First published in Spanish in 1911, this little-known biography of Casimiro Barela (1847-1920) is a rare account of an accomplished politician's career whose life was shaped by issues of race and class. Barela was a member of Colorado's Constitutional Convention in 1875 and represented Las Animas County in the state senate for forty years. He was instrumental in ensuring Colorado legislation With statehood in 1876, Barela was elected senator from Las Animas County and thus began a career which extended into the second decade of the twentieth century. Casimiro's wife, Josefita, died in 1883. Within a year he married Damiana Rivera, a wealthy woman from New Mexico. The senator built yet another town, naming it Rivera in honor of his |ijb| rqq| jdj| apw| zaa| hhi| lqv| wjv| cde| utc| dnx| okv| mhr| ywm| wyq| lgg| yxe| iuq| fqe| jch| pvp| tyt| poi| qbz| wop| umy| jyo| dsa| xcn| wnj| xnz| gzb| duy| hbi| pxr| dkq| vpv| wyw| zba| nqm| lbi| emw| umb| lum| lxw| tsr| hln| dhl| bkw| lnx|