Political clout often proved to be a valuable tool in the early days of the various emigrant and commercial trails, such as getting friendly state and national politicos to get a survey done, a military post established, or cranking up “Manifest Destiny” a couple of notches. In the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, they were a vital part of the process of making the Road to Santa Fe a National Historic Trail. Below are links to locating and contacting national and state politicians on behalf of the Santa Fe Trail.
National Legislators
U.S. Senate http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
U.S. House
http://www.house.gov/house/MemStateSearch.shtml
State Legislators
Missouri
Senate
http://www.senate.mo.gov/llookup/leg_lookup.aspx
House
http://www.house.mo.gov/
Kansas
Senate
http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-senate/index.do
House
http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-house/index.do
Colorado
Senate
http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/senate/members/index.htm
House
http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/house/members/index.htm
Oklahoma
Senate
http://www.oksenate.gov/senators.htm
House
http://www.okhouse.gov/ohorpage.htm
New Mexico
Senate
http://legis.state.nm.us/lcs/legislatorsearch.asp
House
http://legis.state.nm.us/lcs/legislatorsearch.asp
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