Manuel Archibald Lujan Sr. (May 21, 1893 – June 5, 1975) was an American politician from the state of New Mexico.
[1] Lujan unsuccessfully ran for the United States House of Representatives in 1944.
He lost to incumbent Democrat Thomas J. Mabry and received 45% of the vote.
He was the father of Manuel Lujan Jr., who served 20 years as a U.S. Representative and then as United States Secretary of the Interior under George H. W. Bush from 1989 until 1993.
He was also a great-granduncle of Michelle Lujan Grisham, the incumbent Governor of New Mexico since 2019 and who also served as a U.S. Representative for six years.