Protasio Tagle

Protasio Tagle
Photograph portrait of Tagle by Agustín Casasola, c. 1890
Secretary of Justice and Public Instruction
In office
4 June 1877 – 15 November 1879
PresidentPorfirio Díaz
Preceded byIgnacio Ramírez
Succeeded byIgnacio Mariscal
Secretary of the Interior
In office
28 November 1876 – 23 May 1877
President
Preceded byJuan José Baz
Succeeded byTrinidad García de la Cadena
Governor of the Federal District
In office
21 November – 28 November 1876
Deputy of the Congress of the Union
for the 25th district of the State of Mexico
In office
8 December 1867 – 31 April 1871
Personal details
Born1839
Mexico City, Centralist Republic of Mexico
Died31 July 1903(1903-07-31) (aged 63–64)
Mexico City, Mexico
Resting placePanteón del Tepeyac
PartyLiberal

Protasio Pérez de Tagle Frago[a] (1839 – 31 July 1903) was a Mexican soldier, politician and lawyer. He served as secretary of the interior from 1876 to 1877 under Presidents Porfirio Díaz and Juan N. Méndez and as secretary of justice and public education from 1877 to 1879 under Díaz. He was previously governor of the Federal District for one week in 1876, and before that was a member of the Chamber of Deputies representing the State of Mexico for two terms.

Biography

Early life

Protasio Pérez de Tagle Frago[a] was born in 1839 in Mexico City.[1][6][7] His father, Mariano Pérez de Tagle[8][9] was a wealthy hacienda owner.[10] His mother was Antonia Frago de Tagle.[9][11] He had a brother, Mariano Pérez de Tagle Frago.[9] Another brother, Ciro, would also serve in the administration of Porfirio Díaz as an ambassador.[12] From his father, Tagle inherited the hacienda of San Bartolomé de los Tepetates near Ciudad Sahagún.[8] Tagle became a lawyer in 1871.[1]

He participated in the Reform War (1857–1861) as a member of the liberal sector, and later led a republican division during the second French intervention in Mexico (1861–1867).

In 1867 Tagle was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for the State of Mexico,[1] and he would continue to serve until 1875.[7] Beginning in 1867, Tagle was part of a group of deputies who proposed the separation of what is now the State of Hidalgo from the State of Mexico, the decree for which would be signed in 1869.[13][14] In October of 1868, Tagle was a member of the Grand Jury of Congress that found General Benigno Canto responsible for the murder of General José María Patoni. On 1 December, he also signed an opinion that accused secretary of war Ignacio Mejía of not respecting the budget of his department.[1]

In 1870 or 1871, he helped found the Asociación Democrática Constitucionalista,[b] which supported General Porfirio Díaz's presidential campaign in the 1871 election.[1][7] Subsequently, Tagle and Justo Benítez supported Díaz's Plan de la Noria.[10] Later, Tagle was one of the biggest congressional opponents of President Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada.[1]

In 1876, Tagle was a co-author of Díaz's Plan of Tuxtepec.[15] Tagle was on the directorate that supported the Tuxtepec uprising from Mexico City, along with Ignacio Vallarta, Pedro Ogazón, and Ireneo Paz.[16] As a result of the uprising, on 20 November, President Lerdo de Tejada fled Mexico City, and Tagle was left in charge of civil governance.[17][18][19] The following day, Tagle became governor of the Federal District and served until 28 November.[7]

Díaz and Méndez administrations

That same day that Tagle's governorship ended, Díaz became president of Mexico and Tagle became secretary of the interior in his cabinet,[6][20] succeeding Juan José Baz.[21] Díaz's cabinet initially consisted of tuxtepecanos (supporterss of the Tuxtepec uprising) including Tagle, Benítez, Ogazón, and Vallarta.[22]

On 6 December, Díaz resigned from the presidency, making Juan N. Méndez provisional president.[23] Tagle retained his post under Méndez.[24] On 15 January 1877, Tagle published a memo that promised to respect religious freedom and the laws of La Reforma. This memo pleased Mexican Catholics and the Vatican, who had been hoping for a shift away from the anti-clerical policies of previous Mexican governments.[25][26][27][28] This and his family background led to accusations of Tagle of having conservative sympathies. The government newspaper Diario Oficial defended Tagle as a liberal, but stated that he had given jobs to "intelligent and honorable" members of the Conservative Party.[29]

Díaz took office again on 17 February, and Tagle remained in his post until 23 May, when he was succeeded by Trinidad García de la Cadena.[30] Tagle was unpopular in the position and was severely criticised for his support of the Federal District's governor over banned forms of gaming.[1]

On 14 May 1877 the Chamber of Deputies elected him to the Supreme Court. On 2 June, he requested a leave of absence from his Supreme Court position, but was denied; upset with the refusal, he presented his resignation, which was accepted on 2 May 1878.[31]

On 24 June 1877, Tagle became Secretary of Justice and Public Instruction, succeeding Ignacio Ramírez.[31][32] On 3 October, Tagle pushed an initiative of reforms to the amparo laws that would begin a process of the strengthening of the executive and the weakening of the judiciary during the Porfiriato.[33] That same year, Tagle banned public and private admonition and expulsions for a day as punishments in schools.[34] He was still an unpopular figure, and when he spoke at Ramírez's funeral on 18 June 1879, the audience reacted negatively.[35] Tagle left the post on 15 November 1879, being succeeded by Juan N. García.[31][32][36] In 1879 there were possibilities for him to be the presidential candidate, but he was defeated by Manuel González and finally retired from political activities. González's ascent marked the final break between Tagle and Díaz.[10][37] By the end of the Díaz administration, the departure of men such as Tagle and Benítez had left none of Díaz's six original cabinet secretaries in power, clearing the way for González's rise.[38]

Later life

Following his retirement from politics, Tagle taught Roman law at the Escuela Nacional de Jurisprudencia.[31][37] He also continued to serve as a lawyer and managed his hacienda, which had a small primary school.[37]

Tagle died in Mexico City on 31 July 1903[3][31][39] of an intestinal illness.[40] He was buried in the Panteón del Tepeyac in Mexico City.[40][41] Tagle was survived by a son, Cornelio Pérez de Tagle.[4]

Legacy

A number of locales in Mexico City bear Tagle's name. These include the street Calle Gob. Protasio Tagle,[42] the park Parque Protasio Tagle,[43] and the primary school Escuela Primaria Lic. Protasio Tagle.[44]

Notes

  1. 1 2 He shortened his surname from "Pérez de Tagle" to "Tagle" for personal reasons.[1] Many sources abbreviate his name as "Protasio P. Tagle".[2][3][4][5]
  2. ↑ Alicia Bravo Rodríguez says it was founded in November of 1870,[1] while Humberto Musacchio says January of 1871.[7]

References

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Bravo Rodríguez 1990, p. 1135
  2. ↑ León 1902, p. 547.
  3. 1 2 Ortiz Molina 1907, p. 263
  4. 1 2 Imp. J.C. Padre 1910, p. 42
  5. ↑ Díaz Zermeño 1979, p. 64.
  6. 1 2 Quijano Torres 2012, p. 251
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 Musacchio, Humberto (1990). "Protasio Tagle". Gran Diccionario Enciclopédico de México Visual, Tomo IV (in Spanish). p. 1965. Archived from the original on 12 June 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2026.
  8. 1 2 Bazart 1979, p. 163
  9. 1 2 3 Mayagoitia y Hagelstein 1998, p. 392
  10. 1 2 3 Sierra 1907, p. 64
  11. ↑ Pimentel 1904, p. 389.
  12. ↑ Heredia González 2021, p. 119.
  13. ↑ "150 aniversario de la creación del estado de Hidalgo". Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal (in Spanish). 15 January 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
  14. ↑ "Aprueba congreso inscripción de letras de oro conmemoriativas a 150 años de erección del Estado de Hidalgo" (PDF). Boletín de Prensa (in Spanish). No. 211. Pachuca, Hidalgo. 8 May 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
  15. ↑ Bazart 1979, pp. 163–164.
  16. ↑ Ponce Alcocer 2000, p. 84.
  17. ↑ Bancroft 1888, pp. 427–428.
  18. ↑ Galeana 2010, p. 243.
  19. ↑ Serrano Álvarez 2012, pp. 48–49.
  20. ↑ Bancroft 1888, pp. 430–431.
  21. ↑ Quijano Torres 2012, p. 253.
  22. ↑ Garner 2015, p. 336.
  23. ↑ Serrano Álvarez 2012, p. 51.
  24. ↑ Quijano Torres 2012, p. 249.
  25. ↑ Dublán & Lozano 1886, pp. 134–135.
  26. ↑ Case 1975, pp. 218, 225.
  27. ↑ García Ugarte 2014, pp. 25–26.
  28. ↑ Bar-On & Molas 2021, p. 16.
  29. ↑ Hale 1989, p. 99.
  30. ↑ Quijano Torres 2012, p. 245.
  31. 1 2 3 4 5 Bravo Rodríguez 1990, p. 1136
  32. 1 2 Quijano Torres 2012, p. 248
  33. ↑ del Villar 2003, p. 97.
  34. ↑ Díaz Zermeño 1979, p. 83.
  35. ↑ Esposito 2005, p. 72.
  36. ↑ Serrano Álvarez 2012, p. 90.
  37. 1 2 3 Bazart 1979, p. 164
  38. ↑ González 1976, p. 201.
  39. ↑ Garner 2015, p. 343.
  40. 1 2 "El señor Lic. Don Protasio Tagle". El Mundo Ilustrado (in Spanish). Vol. II, no. 6. 9 August 1903. p. 2.
  41. ↑ de Mauleón, Héctor (26 May 2014). "El panteón de las celebridades". El Universal (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2026.
  42. ↑ "Instituto de Especialización para Ejecutivos Plantel CiudadMX, Escuela universitaria en Ciudad de México, Ciudad. de México, México". Escuelas y colegios México (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 August 2026.
  43. ↑ Poniatowska, Elena (17 September 2023). "Parque Protasio Tagle, en el abandono". La Jornada (in Spanish). Mexico City. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
  44. ↑ "Escuela Primaria Lic. Protasio Tagle, Escuela primaria en Ciudad de México, Ciudad. de México, México". Escuelas y colegios México (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 August 2026.

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