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Lebaron Bradford Prince is considered the father of New Mexico statehood because he helped in the making of the legislation of New Mexico during his term as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Territory of New Mexico.
While he later became the Governor of the same place, he successfully pulled public schools into the territory and ensure there is the creation of a Court of Private Land Claims to settle land grant title discrepancies in the area.
