Miguel Ahumada

Miguel Ahumada Sauceda (1844–1917) served as the Governor of Chihuahua and Jalisco.
Born in Colima in 1844, in his youth he worked as a carpenter and in customs inspection. He fought against the government of Maximilian I; first under the command of General Ramón Corona and then under Sóstenes Rocha. He was a political prefect, a local deputy, and a commander of arms in Colima. He subsequently was assigned to the Marine Reserve Command in Guaymas, Sonora and as Governor of Chihuahua. In 1904, he was elected Governor of Jalisco, winning reelection until January 1911 as an Active and Progressive. Ahumada was seen as a possible successor to President Porfirio Díaz prior to the Mexican Revolution. In 1913, he was a deputy in the 9th district of Jalisco in the legislative chamber called up by President Victoriano Huerta. He emigrated north to El Paso, Texas. He died there on August 27 of 1916.