- Pedro Galván
Pedro A. Galván (
1833 ? -December 12 ,1892 ) was a Mexican general, 25thgovernor of the Mexican state ofColima (interim), and governor of the state ofJalisco .A main avenue in the residential area of the City of Colima bears his name.
Military career
Pedro Galván began his military career in
1854 under General Ogazón and was then promoted to brigade General on the Liberal side during the Reform and Intervention wars, in which he lost a leg in battle. He took part in thePlan of Noria in1872 , alongsidePorfirio Díaz .Political career
He was elected federal deputy for Jalisco in
1875 and was later elected as the 2nd Senator for that state in1877 . On13 July of that year, he was declared a Citizen of Colima by government decree.Difficulties in the Mexican Congress prompted the Senate to suspend the authority of Colima’s government, so he was declared interim
governor of Colima (June 17 -September 27 ,1880 ). As governor, he assisted in the election of General Manuel González for president, called local elections, and embellished the town square. He gained notoriety for his honesty, frankness, and chivalrous character.Upon retiring from the governorship he became Administrator of Maritime Customs in Manzanillo and was later re-elected as Senator in
1882 . Upon the death of General Corona, he was appointedgovernor of Jalisco in1889 and was later re-elected for the following term. He died while in office in1892 .References
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*Garibay K., Ángel Ma. (Ed.). "Diccionario Porrua: de Historia, Biografía y Geografía de México (2nd Ed.)". Porrua: México. 1964.
*Oseguera Velázquez, Juan. "Colima en Panorama: monogafía Histórica, Política y sociológica". Gobierno de Colima. Colima, Col. Mex. 1967.
*Oseguera Velázquez, Juan. "Efemérides de Colima y de México: calendario cívico, festividades, sucesos diversos y anectdotas". Gobierno de Colima: Colima, Col. 1989.
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