Francisco Jerónimo de Jesús Lagos Cházaro Mortero (
Tlacotalpan,
Veracruz, September 20, 1878 – November 13, 1932 in
Mexico City) was the acting
President of Mexico designated by the
Convention of Aguascalientes
The Convention of Aguascalientes was a major meeting that took place during the Mexican Revolution between the factions in the Mexican Revolution that had defeated Victoriano Huerta's Federal Army and forced his resignation and exile in July 1914 ...
from June 10, 1915 to October 10, 1915.
Biography
Lagos Cházaro studied for a legal career in Veracruz, Puebla and Mexico City. In 1909, he joined the antireelectionist movement against President
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 ...
led by
Francisco I. Madero. In 1911, he was elected to the city council of
Orizaba, Veracruz. He was also governor of the state of Veracruz during the presidency of Madero (February–November 1912). On the death of Madero in 1913, he joined the constitutionalist party. President
Venustiano Carranza named him president of the Superior Court of Justice of
Coahuila
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.
In 1915 on the break between the revolutionary leaders, he joined with
Francisco (Pancho) Villa. He was founder and director of the periodical ''Vida Nueva'' in
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. Villa joined with
Emiliano Zapata in the Convention of Aguascalientes. With their supporters they formed the conventionalist party, in opposition to the constitutionalist party of Carranza. Lagos was personal secretary of General
Roque González Garza
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Early years in politics
From 1908 he appeared in politics in opposition to the g ...
when the latter was named president of the Republic by the conventionalists.
Lagos became president himself by authority of the Convention of Aguascalientes in succession to González Garza on June 10, 1915. The following month he was driven from the capital by the constitutionalists and set up his government in
Toluca. Soon he had to move again, to
Ixtlahuaca. There his cabinet broke up and he lost many of his troops. He tried to rejoin Villa, but the latter was now in retreat to the north.
In January 1916, the Convention was dissolved. Lagos Cházaro sailed from
Manzanillo, Colima, for self-imposed exile. He lived in Costa Rica, Honduras and Nicaragua until returning to the country in 1920, after the end of the revolution. He returned to his profession as a lawyer and worked in various government posts. He died in Mexico City in 1932.
See also
*
List of heads of state of Mexico
References
* "Lagos Cházaro, Francisco", ''Enciclopedia de México'', vol. 8. Mexico City, 1996, .
* García Puron, Manuel, ''México y sus gobernantes'', v. 2. Mexico City: Joaquín Porrúa, 1984.
* Orozco Linares, Fernando, ''Gobernantes de México''. Mexico City: Panorama Editorial, 1985, .
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Presidents of Mexico
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1878 births
1932 deaths
20th-century Mexican politicians
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