“I would rather be a one-term Senator and do what I believe is right than to be a six-term Senator and leave the Senate after 36 years with my conscience bothering me.”

About Dennis Chavez

Politician • American

Dennis Chavez was a prominent American politician who served as a United States Senator from New Mexico for 27 years. Born in Los Chavez, New Mexico, he became the first Hispanic person elected to a full term in the...