List of presidents of the Republic of the Rio Grande explained

Post:	President
Body:	the Republic of the Rio Grande
Insignia:	Flag of the Republic of the Rio Grande (historical).svg
Insigniasize:	200px
Formation:	January 17, 1840
Abolished:	November 6, 1840

See main article: article and Republic of the Rio Grande. This is a list of the presidents of the Republic of the Rio Grande that insurgents against the Central Mexican Government sought to establish in northern Mexico. The rebellion lasted from January 17 to November 6, 1840 and the Republic of the Rio Grande was never officially recognized.

On January 17, 1840 a meeting was held at the Oreveña Ranch near Laredo.^[1] A group of notables from the states of Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas advocated a rebellion seeking secession from Mexico and formation of their own federal republic with Laredo as the capital. However, those states' own congresses and governments never took any action to support the insurgents, and requested the help of the Central government in Mexico City to aid the local state armies.^[2]

The insurgents designated their own officials. They were:

• Jesús de Cárdenas as President.
• Antonio Canales Rosillo as commander-in-chief of the army.
• Juan Nepomuceno Molano as council representative for Tamaulipas.
• Francisco Vidaurri y Villaseñor as council representative for Coahuila.
• Manuel María de Llano as council representative for Nuevo León.
• Juan Francisco de Farías as Secretary of State.
• José María Jesús Carbajal as council to the Secretary of State.

External links

• • The Laredo Morning Times Online edition
• “Mexico – Filibustering: Republic of the Rio Grande,” Flags of the World.
  • The Republic of the Rio Grande Museum web site
• “The Republic of the Rio Grande: A Story of Its Rise and Fall,” Sons of DeWitt Colony Texas.
  • Yahoo! News article mentioning Republic of the Rio Grande in a present-day context

Notes and References

1. The text of the constitution is available in Dippel, Horst, ed., Constitutions of the world from the late 18th century to the middle of the 19th century America Vol. 1. Constitutional documents of the United States of America Pt. 6. Rio Grande – Texas, München Saur 2008,, pp. 9–13, “Ley orgánica de la República del Río Grande (1840)”
2. David M. Vigness, "REPUBLIC OF THE RIO GRANDE," Handbook of Texas Online http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/ngr01, accessed September 23, 2011. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.