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Dennis Chavez Research Paper

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Senator Dennis Chavez was born on April 8, 1888 in the community of Los Chévez. He worked driving a grocery wagon at the age thirteen to help support his family. He had eight children and moved to Albuquerque New Mexico. Dennis Chavez focused on his education and studied engineering, American history, and politics. Dennis looked up to Thomas Jefferson on his journey to get an education. With the education of engineering, he became a surveyor and assistant to the Albuquerque city engineer. Soon after, Dennis was recognized and became a Spanish interpreter. Later, he moved to Washington to work on the senator's staff following the election. A big accomplishment for Chavez was getting accepted into Georgetown University Law School. When

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