Pedro Hinojosa

Pedro Hinojosa
Secretary of War and Navy
In office
1 December 1884 – 20 March 1896
PresidentPorfirio Díaz
Preceded byFrancisco Naranjo
Succeeded byFelipe Berriozábal
In office
22 December 1861 – 2 May 1862
PresidentBenito Juárez
Preceded byIgnacio Zaragoza
Succeeded byMiguel Blanco Múzquiz
Personal details
Born(1822-01-31)31 January 1822
Villa del Refugio, Mexico
Died5 March 1903(1903-03-05) (aged 81)
Mexico City, Mexico
Political partyLiberal

Pedro Hinojosa de la Garza Falcón (31 January 1822, Matamoros, Tamaulipas - 5 March 1903, Mexico City) was a Mexican politician and military general who fought in the Mexican–American War, the Reform War, and in the French intervention in Mexico.[1] In addition, Hinojosa was governor of Durango, Nuevo Leon, and Chihuahua, and served as Secretary of War and Navy.[2]

  1. ^ Thompson, Jerry D. (2007). Cortina: defending the Mexican name in Texas. Texas A&M University Press. p. 332. ISBN 9781585445929.
  2. ^ Cisneros Young, Patricia (2007). South Texas Tales: Stories My Father Told Me. Tate Publishing. p. 171. ISBN 9781602475489.