Santos Degollado
José Nemesio Francisco Degollado Sánchez , better known as Santos Degollado (born October 31, 1811 in Guanajuato , † June 15, 1861 in Salazar, Lerma , Estado de México ), was a Mexican politician and general .
Life
Due to his father's professional activity, Santos Degollado spent part of his childhood and youth in Mexico City .
In October 1828 he came to Morelia , where he worked as a clerk in a notary's office and in the cathedral administration . In 1846 he was appointed secretary of the Michoacán school council and chairman of the board of directors for the promotion of handicrafts (Fomento de Artesanos).
From March 27 to July 6, 1848 Degollado was governor of the state of Michoacán and from September 1, 1855 to January 4, 1856 governor of the state of Jalisco . During his tenure in its capital, Guadalajara , he approved the municipal theater , which had been applied for since 1838 and which was named after him when it opened in 1866.
As an ally of the new Mexican President Benito Juárez , Degollado was appointed Minister of War and General of the Mexican Armed Forces on March 27, 1858 . However, he lost his post again in 1859 and was prosecuted - probably because of political differences.
On June 3, 1861, his longtime friend and mentor Melchor Ocampo was shot and his body was hung from a tree. When Degollado found out about this, he asked permission to pursue the murderers. Degollado was shot in the head in a battle near Toluca . First he was buried at the place of his death. The following year his remains were transferred to Mexico City, where his body is now buried in the Panteón Civil de Dolores . Almost three weeks after his death, on July 3, 1861, he was honored by the Mexican Congress for his services to the fatherland.
Web links
- José Santos Degollado at Busca Biografías (Spanish; accessed November 22, 2018)
- Santos Degollado at gob.mx (Spanish; article from June 15, 2013)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Degollado Sánchez Santos at Memoria Política de México (Spanish; accessed on November 21, 2018)
- ↑ Santos Degollado at biografiasyvidas.com (Spanish; accessed November 21, 2018)
- ^ Alejandro Mercado Villalobos: Santos Degollado. Estudio político de un liberal mexicano (Spanish; article from 2016)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Degollado, Santos |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Degollado Sánchez, José Nemesio Francisco |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mexican politician and military person |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 31, 1811 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Guanajuato , Mexico |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 15, 1861 |
| Place of death | Salazar, Lerma , Estado de México , Mexico |