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He missed 10% of all roll call votes during his short Senate tenure.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/edwin_mechem/407612 Sen. Edwin Mechem]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved May 9, 2021.</ref>
He missed 10% of all roll call votes during his short Senate tenure.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/edwin_mechem/407612 Sen. Edwin Mechem]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved May 9, 2021.</ref>
===District court===
Mechem was nominated by President [[Richard Nixon]] to a district court in early September 1970, where he served until his death in 2002. He became the senior judge of the court in 1982.
Mechem made several notable rulings on high-profile cases. He found out that there was sex discrimination in the Albuquerque Police Department as well as disabled children in the city being denied an appropriate public education.<ref name=nytimes/><ref name=alamogordonews/> He denied fish and games laws to have any validity on [[Native American]] lands and further granted them the right to sell wares in [[Santa Fe]] at the Palace of the Governors portal.
==Legacy==
==Legacy==
Former Republican U.S. representative [[Steve Pearce]] introduced legislation twice to name a federal courthouse in Las Cruces after Mechem, stating:<ref name=alamogordonews/><ref>ABQJournal News Staff (March 18, 2013). [https://www.abqjournal.com/179743/pearce-wants-court-named-for-mechem.html Pearce wants court named for Mechem]. ''Albuquerque Journal''. Retrieved May 17, 2021.</ref>
Even some Democrats in New Mexico regarded Mechem as a "great citizen".<ref name=alamogordonews/> Former Republican U.S. representative [[Steve Pearce]] introduced legislation twice to name a federal courthouse in Las Cruces after Mechem, stating:<ref name=alamogordonews/><ref>ABQJournal News Staff (March 18, 2013). [https://www.abqjournal.com/179743/pearce-wants-court-named-for-mechem.html Pearce wants court named for Mechem]. ''Albuquerque Journal''. Retrieved May 17, 2021.</ref>
{{quotebox-float|Edwin Mechem is an iconic and prolific leader whose legacy should live on in the state. His service to our state as a United States senator, governor and federal judge deserves recognition.}}
{{quotebox-float|Edwin Mechem is an iconic and prolific leader whose legacy should live on in the state. His service to our state as a United States senator, governor and federal judge deserves recognition.}}