Vallarta, Ignacio L. (Ignacio Luis), 1830-1893

Mexican attorney, politician and jurist Ignacio Luis Vallarta was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico in 1830. He received a law degree from the Universidad de Guadalajara and went on to hold prominent positions in the Mexican government during the 1850s through the 1880s including deputy to the Congreso Constituyente of 1857, governor of Jalisco state, Secretary of State and Secretary of Foreign Relations of Mexico, and President of the Supreme Court of Justice. He was a contemporary of Presidents Benito Juárez and Porfirio Díaz and is remembered as a liberal reformist and strict constitutionalist. Vallarta retired from public life in 1882 upon leaving the Supreme Court of Justice. He continued to practice law privately and give legal advice until his death in Mexico City on December 31, 1893.

From the description of Ignacio L. Vallarta papers, 1852-1943. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 63680621

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