Bernard Shandon Rodey

Bernard Shandon Rodey was born in County Mayo, Ireland on March 1, 1856, before leaving that green edge of the world to shape law and politics across North America. The boy who departed a small Irish county eventually helped found the University of New Mexico, fought for Western statehood, and served as a federal judge in Puerto Rico. His life stretched from a quiet Irish birthplace to noisy American chambers, carrying the energy of that distant shore into every room where he spoke.