When was carranza president of mexico

Sign in via your Institution. You could not be signed in, please check and try again. Sign in with your library card Please enter your library card number. Carranza, Venustiano b. Carranza, Venustiano — in World Encyclopedia Length: 59 words. All rights reserved. Sign in to annotate. Pacification of the countryside continued as guerrilla bands were brought under control and the economy began to revive. Carranza was forced to flee once again toward Veracruz. However, on May 21, , he was assassinated in a peasant hut at Tlaxcalantongo, Puebla, betrayed by forces which had joined his escort.

There is no scholarly study of Carranza in either Spanish or English. However, studies of the revolution throw light on aspects of his career. Charles C. Skip Nav Destination Article Navigation. Book Review February 01 Venustiano Carranza Venustiano Carranza. Lowell Blaisdell Lowell Blaisdell. This Site. Hispanic American Historical Review 46 1 : 96— Issue Section:. Volume 46, Issue 1.

Previous Article Next Article. The Carranzas had high ambitions, and with the backing of family money, Venustiano was elected mayor of his hometown. They were powerful enough to secure the nomination of a different governor. Carranza rose politically, becoming a congressman and senator. By , it was widely assumed he would be the next governor of Coahuila. Carranza was a tall man, standing a full 6-foot-4, and he looked very impressive with his long white beard and glasses.

He was intelligent and stubborn but had very little charisma. A dour man, his lack of sense of humor was legendary. He was not the sort to inspire great loyalty, and his success in the revolution was mainly due to his ability to portray himself as a wise, stern patriarch who was the nation's best hope for peace.

His inability to compromise led to several severe setbacks. Although he was personally honest, he seemed indifferent to corruption in those who surrounded him. Carranza did not contribute much to Madero's rebellion but was rewarded with the post of minister of war in Madero's cabinet, which infuriated revolutionaries such as Pancho Villa and Pascual Orozco. Carranza's union with Madero was always tenuous, as Carranza was not a true believer in reform and he felt that a firmer hand preferably his was needed to rule Mexico.

Huerta made himself president and Carranza rebelled. He drafted a Constitution that he named the Plan of Guadalupe and took to the field with a growing army. Carranza's small force largely sat out the early part of the revolt against Huerta. United only by their hatred of Huerta, they turned on one another when their combined forces deposed him in Carranza had set up a government with himself as the head.