Basilio Vadillo (14 July 1885, Zapotlán, Jalisco,

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– 25 July 1935,

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) was an educator and politician who served briefly as Governor of the Mexican State of Jalisco (1921–22). He was born in Zapotlán, Jal. (since renamed Zapotitlán de Vadillo), and as a young boy moved to

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. He worked as a teacher in Colima and served as the director of the Ramón R. de la Vega school. After

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's 1913 coup (the overthrowing Madero's government), Vadillo joined a group of students from Colima to fight at

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on the side of the revolutionaries trying to end Huerta's dictatorship. In 1917 he founded the Mixed

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to provide a way for the youth of Colima an easier access to teaching careers. After the success of the revolution, Vadillo served as editor of a number of revolutionary periodicals, eventually serving as

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's publicist, editing the Obregonist publication The ''Republican Monitor''. He served as governor of Jalisco from 1921-1922, and served as a National Congressional Deputy and as president of the Partido Nacional Revolucionario (the forerunner of the modern PRI). During his tenure as Governor of Jalisco, Vadillo signed the communal land grant for the City of Puerto Vallarta. The city later honored him by naming a street in the ''Olas Altas'' area after him. Ca. Basilio Vadillo is known for its numerous restaurants.Carlos Munguía Fregoso - ''Panorama Histórico de Puerto Vallarta y de la Bahía de Banderas'' - Guadalajara (2003) Secretaria de Cultura - p. 82 Basilio Vadillo is interred in Guadalajara at the ''Rotunda de los Hombres Ilustres''.

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Basilio Vadillo Basilio Vadillo (14 July 1885, Zapotitlán qr el Grande, Zapotlán, Jalisco, Mexico – 25 July 1935, Montevideo, Uruguay) was an educator and politician who served briefly as Governor of the Mexican State of Jalisco (1921–22). He was born in Z ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Vadillo, Basilio Governors of Jalisco Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) Mexican journalists Male journalists Politicians from Jalisco Presidents of the Institutional Revolutionary Party 1885 births 1935 deaths 20th-century Mexican educators 20th-century journalists