Succeeded by Jose Maria Cantu Died 1840
Matamoros, Mexico | Name Juan Elguezabal | |
Preceded by Juan Jose de Vidaurri y Villasenor Profession Military, Presidios´s Inspector and Governor of Texas (1834 and 1835) | ||
Juan José Elquezabal (1781-1840) was a Spanish and Mexican soldier; and attached inspector of Presidios. He also served as Interim Governor of Coahuila y Tejas between 1834 and 1835. In addition, he served in the Texas Revolution as commander of First Company of Tamaulipas, Mexico; fighting against the separatists of Texas.
Biography
Elquezabal was born in 1781, in San Antonio, Texas to María Gertrudis Jiménez and Juan Bautista Elguézabal; a former Governor of Texas between 1800 and 1805. Elquezabal joined to Spanish Army in his youth and he spend the most of his professional career in Coahuila (modern day Mexico). There he was Army's Captain, Río Grande, Presidio's Commander, and like his father before him, an Attached Inspector in the Coahuila and Texas Presidios. Eventually, Elquézabal ascended to Colonel.
In August 30, 1834, Elquezabal was appointed Interim Governor of Texas by the City Hall of Monclova, Coahuila. He remained in charge until Agustín Viesca was appointed as new official Governor of Texas, leaving the charge on May 12, 1835.
Elquezabal participated in the Texas Revolution as the commander of the First Company of Tamaulipas. On December 10, 1835, he was captured alongside Martín Perfecto de Cos during the Siege of Bexar. Eventually released, he returned to Matamoros, Mexico; where he would reside until his death in 1840.