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Hidalgo County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas and is named for Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, the priest who raised the call for Mexico's independence from Spain. Its county seat is Edinburg.
The Hidalgo County Rebellion was an early effort of farmers and middle-class business owners in the Rio Grande valley to organize against boss rule. Anderson Y. Baker, who had been supported by James B. Wells's Democratic machine, became Hidalgo county treasurer in 1907 and sheriff in 1912.  Republican newcomers had organized a reform party by 1914, but they were outnumbered by the vote garnered by the machine.
At the time of the November 1928 election the controversy garnered national attention when the newcomers formed the Good Government League. In November 1928 they expected a crooked election and purportedly sent 2,000 telegrams to President Calvin Coolidge petitioning for a fair one. After the election was held, the Republicans charged that pro-Baker officials had thrown out the entire Weslaco ballot box. Bakerites claimed that since the returns were not sealed in accordance with the law, the ballots had to be thrown out. In protest 500 taxpayers in 160 automobiles carried a petition signed by 5,700 voters to protest the seating of Democratic representatives. When a Brownsville grand jury took up the legal case, no indictments were made.
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