Teodoro A. Dehesa Méndez Explained

Teodoro A. Dehesa Méndez
Order:24th
Office:Governor of Veracruz
Term Start:December 1, 1892
Term End:November 30, 1896
Predecessor:Leandro M. Alcolea Sierra
Order2:25th
Office2:Governor of Veracruz
Term Start2:December 1, 1896
Term End2:November 30, 1900
Order3:26th
Office3:Governor of Veracruz
Term Start3:December 1, 1900
Term End3:November 30, 1904
Order4:27th
Office4:Governor of Veracruz
Term Start4:December 1, 1904
Term End4:November 30, 1908
Order5:28th
Office5:Governor of Veracruz
Term Start5:December 1, 1908
Term End5:May 1911
Successor5:Emilio Léycegui
Birth Date:1 October 1848
Birth Place:Veracruz, Veracruz
Death Place:Veracruz, Veracruz

Teodoro A. Dehesa Méndez (October 1, 1848 – September 25, 1936) was the Governor of the state of Veracruz in Mexico for five terms from 1892 to 1911.

Early years

Teodoro Dehesa was the son of Teodoro Dehesa y Bayona, an Aragonese pastry chef, and Antonia Méndez y Ruiz de Olivares, member of a wealthy family of Xalapa, Veracruz.

He studied his first letters at La Amiga, under supervision of Jacinta, Dolores and Carmen Torres. Later he studied at the Juan Rodríguez College. After his family moved to Xalapa, he finished his primary education at Francisco Ramos school and then joined Teodoro Kerlegand's Liceum.

Assisting of Diego Rivera

When the artist Diego Rivera was looking for a sponsor to allow him to travel to Europe to further his art career, he approached Dehesa, who agreed to sponsor him. A chapter in Diego Rivera's autobiography, My Art, My Life, was dedicated to Dehesa and details how the opposition forces respected Dehesa and so refused to attack the city in which he was staying. Diego Rivera also mentioned his great respect for Dehesa.

Mexican Revolution

As a result of the Mexican Revolution of 1910, Teodoro Dehesa, his son, and Teodoro's brother, Francisco, were forced to flee Mexico. Teodoro Dehesa moved to Cuba and, at some point, returned to Mexico, where he later died in 1936.

Legacy

Descendants of Teodoro Dehesa still live in Mexico. It is unknown what happened to Francisco Dehesa, but his wife and children moved to California, where their descendants still live.

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