subject: The Interim Presidents Of 1915 [print this page] . Once he assumed the role of president, he held a meeting to discuss the future laws and governance of Mexico, with other revolutionary leaders, such as Emiliano Zapata, Alvaro Obregon, and Pancho Villa. This meeting is now known as the Aguascalientes Convention, but it mainly highlighted the fact that the foursome's truce, was no longer intact.
The members of the Convention ended up consisting of several army generals, although pointedly, it did not include Carranza. It was decided during the first few meeting sessions that the members were far better suited to rule the country, and they declared themselves to be the legitimate Mexican government, while calling for Venustiano's resignation and exile to Veracruz. They then assigned several different men to the post of President, none of whom served for more than just a few months.
Eulalio Ortiz was the first interim president, and he led from November 1914 until January 1915. He'd fought with Carranza's army to overthrow Huerta, and was originally from the state of Coahuila. He resigned and lived in exile mostly in the United States (until his death in 1939), because he was annoyed with how Villa and Zapata manipulated him, once they gained control of Mexico City in 1915.
Next came Roque Gonzalez Garza, who became the President of Mexico from January until June 1915, post Ortiz's resignation. He'd been a personal assistant to Francisco Madero, the man who'd led the charge in starting the Revolution in the first place. He also was the representative of Pancho Villa at the Aguascalientes Convention, hand-picked by the bandit himself; after his predecessor's disagreements with the revolutionaries, his promotion made sense. It was agreed at the convention that he would turn over power in June, and he did so, returning to the life of a private citizen until the return of Carranza forced him into exile.
Francisco Lagos Chazaro was an ally of Pancho Villa; he was a lawyer in Veracruz who supported Madero also. He became the interim president of Mexico after the voluntary resignation of Garza, and he ruled from June until October 1915. He was driven from the capital by the Carranza-loyal Constitutionalist army, and was forced to relocate his cabinet several times. When Venustiano roared back into power, it was the end of his term, and Venustiano defeated the forces who'd disagreed with him, creating a new government and new Constitution.
