Venustiano Carranza
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Venustiano Carranza Venustiano Carranza served as President of Mexico from 1917 to 1920 and is one of the principal architects of the Mexican Revolution. He presided over the drafting of the 1917 Mexican Constitution, one of the most progressive in the world at the time. He was assassinated during a coup led by Álvaro Obregón.
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José Venustiano Carranza de la Garza, known as Venustiano Carranza, was a Mexican land owner, revolutionary, and politician who served as the 44th President of Mexico from 1917 until his assassination in 1920, during the Mexican Revolution. He was previously Mexico's de facto head of state as Primer Jefe of the Constitutionalist faction from 1914 to 1917, and previously served as a senator and governor for Coahuila. He played the leading role in drafting the Constitution of 1917 and maintained Mexican neutrality in World War I.
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His father, Jesús Carranza Neira, had been a rancher and mule driver until the...
His father, Jesús Carranza Neira, had been a rancher and mule driver until the time of the Reform War (1857–1861), in which he fought against the Indians and on the Liberal side
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Birth of Venustiano Carranza.
personalCarranza's childhood home in Cuatro Ciénegas, Coahuila A young Carranza,...
Carranza's childhood home in Cuatro Ciénegas, Coahuila A young Carranza, c.1870s José Venustiano Carranza de la Garza was born in the town of Cuatro Ciénegas, in the state of Coahuila, in 1859, to a prosperous cattle-ranching family of Basque descent
personalDuring the French intervention in Mexico (1861–1867) that made Mexico into a...
During the French intervention in Mexico (1861–1867) that made Mexico into a monarchy, Jesús Carranza continued to support President Benito Juárez and joined Mexican defenders against the French, becoming a colonel
personalMadero (1873-1913), the father of the Mexican Revolution
Madero (1873-1913), the father of the Mexican Revolution
careerIn 1874, he went to the Escuela Nacional Preparatoria (National Preparatory...
In 1874, he went to the Escuela Nacional Preparatoria (National Preparatory School) in Mexico City, where he had aspirations to be a doctor
personalRebels defeated the Federal Army at Ciudad Juárez, but rather than take the win...
Rebels defeated the Federal Army at Ciudad Juárez, but rather than take the win and seize the presidency as Díaz had in 1876, Madero took deliberate steps to preserve much of the old order and have a civilian transition to power
personalHe married Virginia Salinas on May 12, 1882, the daughter of another wealthy...
He married Virginia Salinas on May 12, 1882, the daughter of another wealthy landowner, and the couple had two daughters.
personalIntroduction to politics, 1887–1909 Bernardo Reyes, Carranza's friend and...
Introduction to politics, 1887–1909 Bernardo Reyes, Carranza's friend and Porfirio Díaz's "man in the north", and whose patronage was responsible for Carranza's election to Congress in 1898 As an educated member of a prominent and well-connected Coahuila family, Carranza entered politics with the me
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