Carlos Sodi Candiani

Carlos Esteban Ignacio María del Corazón de Jesús Sodi Candiani (; 1838–1909) was a Mexican politician, lawyer and landowner who served as Senator of the Congress of the Union for the states of Oaxaca from 1882 to 1884 and Michoacán for approximately 25 years. A prominent landowner in Oaxaca, he co-owned several estates alongside his brother, Demetrio Sodi.

Early life and education Carlos Esteban Ignacio María del Corazón de Jesús Sodi Candiani was born in 1838, in Oaxaca City, Oaxaca. He was the son of Italian engineer and lieutenant coronel Carlos Sodi Bartoloni, who immigrated from Florence in the 19th century, and María del Carmen Camila Nepomucena Candiani Gutierrez Griz.

Political career During the Porfiriato, Sodi and his family owned vast tracts of land in the state of Oaxaca. He and his brother, Demetrio, were the owners of Hacienda Concepción and Hacienda Candiani and its annex, La Compañía, The latter was dedicated to the production of sugar cane and had a land surface of 328-50-23 hectares. and public defender, novelist and playwright Federico Sodi Romero.

Sodi died in 1909 in Oaxaca City, Oaxaca.