interests in Mexico and had long-standing ties with other U.S. landholders. Lind attempted to persuade Huerta to call prompt elections and not stand as a candidate in them, but Huerta refused. Lind "threatened a military intervention by the United States in case the demands were rejected," but promised an American loan to Mexico if Huerta stepped aside. When rebellions broke against the Huerta regime, Lind backed Venustiano Carranza, a large landowner and former Governor of Coahuila, and his Constitutionalist faction against more radical elements in the rebellion, mainly Constitutionalist Army general Pancho Villa. Personal life Lind was known for having a temper. According to an article on the front page of the Moose Lake (Minnesota) Star on January 17, 1901: "Ex-governor John Lind after having freed himself from the duties of the governor last Thursday walked down to the Dispatch office in St. Paul and administered to Editor Black a well-deserved licking. For a one-armed man, John Lind can make some telling blows once in a while." Death He died in 1930 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. See also List of U.S. state governors born outside the United States References External links John Lind house at the City of Minneapolis website. John Lind photographs at the Hennepin County Library. John Lind photographs at the Minnesota Historical Society. Biographical information, his gubernatorial records, and personal papers are available for research use at the Minnesota Historical Society. 1854 births 1930 deaths People from Ljungby Municipality Swedish emigrants to the United States American Unitarians Governors of Minnesota People from New Ulm, Minnesota People of the Spanish–American War University of Minnesota Law School alumni Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota Democratic Party governors of Minnesota