The Mexican Revolution: Part IV-President Francisco Leon de la Barra

The Mexican Revolution lasted from 1910 to 1920. Although Francisco Madero managed to overthrow  the dictator Porfiro Diaz, he proved to be an ineffective president, who soon lost power. A succession of generals and rebel leaders struggled to gain the president's chair, but the fighting merely grew more destructive until Alvaro Obregon emerged as the victor in 1920. Part IV presents the efforts of reluctant  revolutionary Francisco Madero to satisfy the demands of his followers without disrupting the existing social and economic order. Meanwhile, interim president Francisco de la Barra oversees the demobilization of the revolutionaries and the first free presidential election in decades.

Cast of Characters:
Francisco Madero Jr.-leader of revolt against Porfiro Diaz, former presidential candidate and member of the wealthy Madero clan
Pazqual Orozco-primary rebel leader in Chihuahua against Diaz
Abraham Gonzalez-rebel leader in Chihuahua
Emiliano Zapata-leader of an agrarian movement in Morelos
Emilio Vasquez Gomez-Minister of the Interior in the new cabinet, brother of Franciso Vazquez Gomez, Madero's former running mate
Francisco Leon de la Barra-former interim president, former Minister of Foreign Relations 
Victoriano Huerta-general in federal army
Bernardo Reyes-former general, former Minister of War, and former governor of Nuevo Leon
Felix Diaz Jr.-Porfiro Diaz's nephew

Sources:
Villa and Zapata: A Biography of the Mexican Revolution-Frank McLynn
The Mexican Revolution: Volumes I & II-Alan Knight
Mexico: Biography of Power, A History of Modern Mexico, 1810-1996-Enrique Krauze, translated by Hank Heifetz
Francisco I. Madero: Apostle of Mexican Democracy-Stanley R. Ross
Empire and Revolution: The Americans in Mexico since the Civil War-John Mason Hart
Revolutionary Mexico: The Coming and Process of the Mexican Revolution
The Life and Times of Pancho Villa-Friedrich Katz
Centaur of the North: Francisco Villa, the Mexican Revolution, and Northern Mexico
Emiliano Zapata: Revolution and Betrayal in Mexico-Samuel Brunk
Zapata and the Mexican Revolution-John Womack, Jr.
Ranchero Revolt: The Mexican Revolution in Guerrero-Ian Jacobs
Orozco: The Life and Death of a Mexican Revolutionary-Raymond Caballero
In the Absence of Don Porfirio: Francisco Leon de la Barra and the Mexican Revolution-Peter Henderson
Huerta: A Political Portrait-Michael C. Meyer
Felix Diaz, the Porfirians, and the Mexican Revolution-Peter V. N. Henderson

Image Credit:
Dec 6 1914 General Tomás Urbina, General Pancho Villa and General Emiliano Zapata, Creator: Casasola, Agustín Víctor, 1874-1938, Elmer and Diane Powell collection on Mexico and the Mexican Revolution, DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University, Wikimedia Commons