José Emilio Salinas Balmaceda (4 October 1864 – 15 March 1924) was a military man and Mexican politician that participated in the

Mexican Revolution The Mexican Revolution ( es, Revolución Mexicana) was an extended sequence of armed regional conflicts in Mexico from approximately 1910 to 1920. It has been called "the defining event of modern Mexican history". It resulted in the destruction ...

and served as Governor of Querétaro and Chihuahua.

Biography

He was born in Cuatro Ciénegas, Coahuila; He was a relative of

Venustiano Carranza José Venustiano Carranza de la Garza (; 29 December 1859 – 21 May 1920) was a Mexican wealthy land owner and politician who was Governor of Coahuila when the constitutionally elected president Francisco I. Madero was overthrown in a February ...

. He entered politics in 1893, as oppositional to the Governor Jose Maria Garza Galan, who tried to reelect. Emilio Salinas was one of those who took up arms to fight this Governor. Since 1910 he sympathized with antireeleccionismo, and took up arms in April 1911 against the regime of

Porfirio Díaz José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori ( or ; ; 15 September 1830 – 2 July 1915), known as Porfirio Díaz, was a Mexican general and politician who served seven terms as President of Mexico, a total of 31 years, from 28 November 1876 to 6 Decem ...

. In 1912 he fought with Pascual Orozco. In 1913 he joined

to fight the government of

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. It operated in Coahuila and attained the rank of brigadier general in 1914. In early 1915 he was defeated by Doroteo Arango in the town of

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, where he lost many men. During the stay of Venustiano Carranza in Santiago de Querétaro he was appointed Governor and Military Commander of that State. He was later head of the factory establishment and military supplies, and Senator by Coahuila in 1918; then he was appointed Consul of Mexico in San Antonio, Texas, and later was Provisional Governor of Chihuahua, from 13 March to 26 April 1920. With the Triumph of the Plan of Agua Prieta was deposed from that position, and retired from public life. He died in the city of

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in 1924. He married Virginia Caarmiña. His son Gustavo Salinas reached the rank of general during the Mexican Revolution."México, Coahuila, registros parroquiales, 1627-1978", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J98G-NV6 : accessed 29 August 2015), Emilio Salinas in entry for Catarina Salinas, 1892.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Salinas, Emilio 1864 births 1927 deaths Governors of Querétaro Politicians from Coahuila People of the Mexican Revolution Mexican military personnel 20th-century Mexican politicians Governors of Chihuahua (state) People from Cuatro Ciénegas