Manuel Bartlett Bautista
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Governor of Tabasco Governor of Tabasco List of governors of the Mexican state of Tabasco* Víctor Manuel Barceló served as a governor temporarily when Roberto Madrazo requested license-Source:*... |
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| In office | January 1, 1953 - March 22, 1955 |
| Preceded by | Francisco J. Santamaría Francisco J. Santamaría Francisco Javier Santamaría was an influential Mexican writer and politician who is best remembered for his contributions to the study of Mexican literature and lexicography; he variously worked or published as a bibliographer, essayist, geographer, journalist, judge, lawyer, lexicographer,... |
| Succeeded by | Miguel Orrico de los Llanos |
| Born | December 23, 1894 |
| Birth Place | Tenosique, Tabasco Tabasco Tabasco officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Tabasco is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 17 municipalities and its capital city is Villahermosa.... |
| Died | April 24, 1963 |
| Place of Death | Mexico City Mexico City Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole... |
| Spouse | Isabel Díaz Castilla |
| Profession | Lawyer Lawyer A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political... , jurist Jurist A jurist or jurisconsult is a professional who studies, develops, applies, or otherwise deals with the law. The term is widely used in American English, but in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth countries it has only historical and specialist usage... |
| Political Party | Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) |
Manuel Bartlett Bautista (*Tenosique, Tabasco
Tabasco
Tabasco officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Tabasco is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 17 municipalities and its capital city is Villahermosa....
, December 23, 1894 — †Mexico City
Mexico City
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, April 24, 1963) was a Mexican journalist, lawyer, judge, and politician who served as Governor of the State of Tabasco
Governor of Tabasco
List of governors of the Mexican state of Tabasco* Víctor Manuel Barceló served as a governor temporarily when Roberto Madrazo requested license-Source:*...
for two years, before being pressured to resign.
Biography
Manuel Bartlett Bautista was born in Tenosique to Gabriel Bartlett Cámara, a businessman of partial Cornish descent, and Teodora Bautista Pérez. He completed his primary studies in Tenosique and his secondary studies there and at the Mexican Methodist Institute of PueblaPuebla, Puebla
The city and municipality of Puebla is the capital of the state of Puebla, and one of the five most important colonial cities in Mexico. Being a planned city, it is located to the east of Mexico City and west of Mexico's main port, Veracruz, on the main route between the two.The city was founded...
. From 1909-15 he lived in Villahermosa, then known as San Juan Bautista de la Villa Hermosa, studying at the Instituto Juárez
Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco
Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco is a public institution of higher learning located in Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico...
while also agitating through revolutionary
Mexican Revolution
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circles. In 1913 Bartlett helped found and became President of the Juárez Institute's Free Student Association, but ended up being expelled from the school after leading a protest against Huerta's
Victoriano Huerta
José Victoriano Huerta Márquez was a Mexican military officer and president of Mexico. Huerta's supporters were known as Huertistas during the Mexican Revolution...
assassination of President Madero
Francisco I. Madero
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. While at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México he worked as editor of the student newspaper El Estudiante, graduating with a degree in law in 1920.
Bartlett returned to Villahermosa
Villahermosa
Like most of the Tabasco, Villahermosa has a tropical climate. The city specifically features a tropical monsoon climate. Temperatures during spring and summer seasons reach upwards of 40°C , with humidity levels hovering around 30% during the same period...
that same year and taught for a brief time at his old school, the Instituto Juárez. He also served as syndic
Syndic
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in the Ayuntamiento
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del Centro (City Council) and President of the Committee of Public Health. From 1921-22 he served as a deputy
Deputy (legislator)
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to the Congress of the State of Tabasco
Congress of Tabasco
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. From 1920 to 1929 he held various legal and governmental positions, including consulting lawyer to the City Council
City council
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of Mexico City
Mexico City
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(1920); public defender
Public defender
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to the military (1922); consulting lawyer to the Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit
Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit
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(1924-28); and chief of the legal department of the same (1929). After a decade working in different district-judicial
District court
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capacities Bartlett was made a Justice of the Mexican Supreme Court
Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation
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, position which he would hold from 1941-51.
In 1953, after three previously unsuccessful attempts, Bartlett obtained the PRI's nomination for the governorship of Tabasco, a decision which, owing to the party's virtual monopoly on power, all but assured him the office. However, as a result of intra-party struggles combined with civil unrest in the state, Bartlett fell out of favor with the Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
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administration and was pressured to leave the post before the conclusion of his term. On March 22, 1955, Bartlett asked for and was granted a leave of absence by the State Congress, effectively ending his governorship.
Bartlett was married to Isabel Díaz Castilla, niece of famed poet and insurgent Salvador Díaz Mirón
Salvador Díaz Mirón
Salvador Díaz Mirón was a Mexican poet. He was born in the port city of Veracruz. His early verse, written in a passionate, romantic style, was influenced by Lord Byron and Victor Hugo. His later verse was more classical in mode. His poem, A Gloria, was influential...
. His son Manuel Bartlett Díaz is a high PRI official and former governor of Puebla. Manuel Bartlett Bautista died on April 24, 1963 and is buried in Mexico City.
Published works
(list not comprehensive)- La defensa como procuración. 1920
- El pocho, cojoes, tigres y pochoveras: interesantes y curiosas costumbres tradicionales de Tenosique, Tab. 1926
- La cuestión electoral tabasqueña (1923-1926). 1954