Felípe Sena was a prominent New Mexican who was briefly the acting governor of New Mexico in April 1844.
This was a huge grant of land that had been made in January 1841 to Guadalupe Miranda of Santa Fe and Charles Beaubien, a French Canadian who had lived in Taos since 1823.
Father Antonio José Martínez of Taos protested against the grant, which he said encroached on traditional Indian grounds.
[4] In March 1844, General Santa Anna removed Armijo from office and appointed the commandante militar, Mariano Martínez de Lejanza, as "constitutional governor".
[4] In April 1845 Felipe Sena was President of the Departmental Assembly, involved in the dispute over the Los Manuelitas Grant.