Mount St. Mary's University Alumni - Francisco I. Madero, John McCloskey, Paul Stagg Coakley, Jennifer Dougherty, James D. Conley (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: Francisco I. Madero, John McCloskey, Paul Stagg Coakley, Jennifer Dougherty, James D. Conley, William J. Frank, Michael Corrigan, Edward J. Flanagan, Richard A. La Vay, Edward Fitzgerald, Stanley Rother, Kevin C. Rhoades, Barry Christopher Knestout, James W. Reilly, Michael Owen Jackels, Geno Baroni, Francis Xavier Gartland, John Ambrose Watterson, Richard Vincent Whelan, William E. Lori, David Ginty, Maurice F. McAuliffe, John Baer, William Joseph Hafey, Harry A. Slattery, Stephen Maitland, Henry P. Northrop, John J. Conroy, Silas Chatard, Edward John Herrmann, Peter Rono, John Loughlin, Gunning S. Bedford, William George McCloskey, Edward J. Burns, Robert W. Curran, Thomas McGovern, John Joseph Boylan, William Seton, William Walsh, James McSherry, Bernard Joseph Mahoney, Francis Patrick McFarland, William Albert, John Chapman, Susan O'Malley, Michael W. Rice, Edward J. Dunphy. Excerpt: Francisco Ygnacio Madero Gonzalez (October 30, 1873 - February 22, 1913) was a politician, writer and revolutionary who served as President of Mexico from 1911 to 1913. As a respectable upper-class politician, he supplied a center around which opposition to the dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz could coalesce. However, once Diaz was deposed, Madero proved to be ineffective and the Mexican Revolution quickly spun out of his control. He was deposed and executed by the Porfirista military and his aides, which he had neglected to replace with revolutionary supporters. His assassination was followed by the most violent period of the revolution in Mexico (1913-1917), lasting until the Constitution of 1917 and revolutionary president Venustiano Carranza achieved some degree of stability. Followers of Madero were known as Maderistas. He was born in Parras de la Fuente, Coahuila; the son of Francisco Indalecio Madero Hernandez and Mercedes Gonza...