Ramón Corral
| Ramón Corral | |
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| 6th Vice President of Mexico | |
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In office December 1, 1904 – May 4, 1911 |
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| President | Porfirio Díaz |
| Preceded by | Valentín Gómez Farías |
| Succeeded by | José María Pino Suárez |
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Ramón Corral Verdugo 10 January 1854 Álamos, Sonora, Mexico |
| Died | 10 November 1912 (aged 58) Paris, France |
| Nationality | Mexican |
| Occupation | Politician |
Ramón Corral Verdugo (January 10, 1854 – November 10, 1912) was the Vice President of Mexico under Porfirio Díaz from 1904 until their resignations in May 1911.
Corral was born Ramón Corral Verdugo on Hacienda Las Mercedes (where his father worked), near the city of Álamos, Sonora, on 10 January 1854 to Fulgencio Fabián Corral Rochín (January, 1834–1868) and María Francisca Almada y Verdugo (1836- ). He was christened on 21 January 1854 at the Purísima Concepción Roman Catholic Church in Mexico.
Ramón Corral first gained public attention in 1872, when General Don Ignacio L. Pesqueira, Governor of the State of Sonora, an undefeated general who had provided many services to his state, created public outrage. To avoid compliance with a law, Pesqueira introduced, among other reforms, a non- re-election provision for the office of governor. On this occasion, the young Corral vigorously fought against the Pesqueira administration through the press, founding the newspapers El Fantasma (The phantom), and La Voz de Álamos (The voice of Álamos). His writings in the papers exhibited civil valor, love for democracy, and power as a political adversary of the Pesqueira administration. In the years that followed, Corral increasingly became involved in politics.
While General Secretary of the Government of Sonora, Corral was involved with the capture of the indigenous Yaqui military leader José Maria Leiva, known as Cajemé. In La Constitución (Periódico oficial del gobierno del estado libre y soberano de Sonora), beginning with the issue of April 22, 1887, and ending July 8, 1887, Corral published biographical notes about Cajemé, which were recorded only a few days earlier during personal talks with the captured Yaqui leader. Cajemé was being held at the time in the house of the military chief of the area, Angel Martínez, who had personally arrested him while Cajemé was hiding in San Jose de Guaymas.
Corral married Amparo V. Escalante on February 25, 1888. She was the daughter of Vicente Escalante, a well known Mexican statesman of the time. The religious element of the twofold marriage ceremony was performed by Rev. Father Ortega of Hermosillo, with a civil ceremony performed by Civil Judge Bonito Méndez, of the Hermosillo District.
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