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Walter Kenneth Martinez, Sr. (16 November 1930 – 11 May 1986) was an American lawyer who was a member of the House of Representatives of the state of New Mexico for many years. He was a liberal member of the Democratic Party from a Hispanic background. He was speaker of the House for eight years before being removed from that position in 1979 in an unusual bipartisan coup when conservative Democrats allied with Republicans to elect a conservative Democrat as speaker. ==Early years== Martinez was born in Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico, one of eleven children in poor but well-educated family. He studied law at the University of New Mexico and graduated in 1955. He became a general legal practitioner with the firm of Tibo Chavez and Boucher and set up office in Grants, New Mexico. At this time the area was booming due to the recently discovered uranium deposits. Martinez married Dolores Nolasco. They had three children, a girl and two boys, all of whom became lawyers. His daughter became a district judge. Martinez became a member of the Grants Board of Education. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Walter K. Martinez」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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