Louis Cardis
Louis Cardis (1825 – 1877) was an American politician.[1][2][3]
He was born in the Piedmont region of Italy. He served as a captain in Giuseppe Garibaldi's army before immigrating to the United States in 1854.
Cardis moved to El Paso, Texas in 1864. He quickly learned the Spanish language and established a political power base with the Mexican American citizens of the area.
He became involved in a dispute involving salt deposits and the shifting of influence and political power from the Hispanic population to the Anglo. He was elected to the Texas House of Representatives with the help of Charles H. Howard.
Cardis had a falling out with Howard after Howard staked an exclusive claim to the salt deposits. Cardis had his allies imprison Howard, and Howard retaliated by shooting Cardis to death with a shotgun on October 9, 1877.
Two months later Howard was killed by Cardis' former supporters from San Elizario.
References
- ^ KOHOUT, MARTIN DONELL (12 June 2010). "CARDIS, LOUIS". Tshaonline.org. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-11-03. Retrieved 2006-11-02.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Legislative Reference Library - Legislators and Leaders - Member profile". Lrl.texas.gov. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
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