José Francisco Vidaurri y Villaseñor was the governor of the Mexican province of Coahuila y Texas for a brief period in 1834.
He was a strong advocate of Mexican federalism and was a member of the convention for the founding of the Republic of Rio Grande in 1840.
[1] As a defender of federalism, he traveled to San Antonio, Texas in August of that year in order to obtain support for the federalist party.
[2] On 17 January 1840, Villaseñor participated in a convention held in Laredo, Texas to proclaim the so-called República de Río Grande.
The new republic would consist of the states of Coahuila, Tamaulipas, and Nuevo León and would be an independent country from Mexico.