Before assuming his post in the cabinet, Lozano served as federal congressman in the Chamber of Deputies, where he led a group of conservative Anti-Maderistas along fellow deputies Nemesio García Naranjo of Nuevo León, Francisco de Olaguíbel of State of Mexico, and Querido Moheno of Chiapas.[2] At Huerta's request, he also tried to build a legislative majority sympathetic to his regime.[3]
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José María Lozano en la tribuna parlamentaria, 1910–1913 (1956)[4]
^Werner, Michael S. (January 2001). Concise Encyclopedia of Mexico. New York City, N.Y.: Taylor & Francis. p. 432. ISBN978-1-57958-337-8. Retrieved 28 September 2014. During Huerta's first period, the House of Representatives had a liberal majority (most of its members had been elected during Madero's administration) that effectively served as a true counterweight to conservative members José María Lozano of Jalisco, Nemesio García Naranjo of Nuevo León, Francisco de Olaguiberri [sic] of the Mexico State, Querido Moheno of Chiapas, and the Catholic minority, so the liberals were able to put obstacles before the executive powers.
^Cumberland, Charles C. (1 January 1972). Mexican Revolution: The Constitutionalist Years. Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press. p. 66. ISBN978-0-292-75016-6. OCLC207628. Retrieved 30 September 2014. As the first step in bringing the rebellious Congress under control, in mid-August Huerta appointed José María Lozano to the cabinet. Lozano enjoyed considerable prestige in the legislative chambers and could presumably exercise some influence there. When Congress continued to be recalcitrant, Huerta took an additional step the following month: he commissioned Lozano to form a majority bloc in the chamber of deputies and at the same time appointed Catholic party Deputy Eduardo Tamariz to the cabinet.