1952 Mexican general election
General elections were held in Mexico on 7 July 1952. The presidential elections were won by Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, who received 74.3% of the vote. In the Chamber of Deputies election, the Institutional Revolutionary Party won 151 of the 161 seats. These were the last presidential elections in Mexico in which women were not allowed to vote.
Image: Adolfo Ruiz Cortines (cropped)
Image: Mhg foto 11
Image: Efraín González Luna
An item from the Ruiz Cortines campaign.
Adolfo Tomás Ruiz Cortines was a Mexican politician who served as President of Mexico from 1952 to 1958. A member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), he previously served as Governor of Veracruz and Secretary of the Interior. During his presidency, which constituted the Mexican Miracle, women gained the right to vote, and he instigated numerous public health, education, infrastructure, and works projects.
Ruiz Cortines, c. 1952-1958
María Cortines Cotera with her children María and Adolfo in a photograph taken in 1895.
Ruiz Cortines at the age of 10, c. 1899.
Pennant for Ruiz Cortines's campaign