Career
Tajes came from a military background. He served as Minister of War from 1882 to 1886 under President Máximo Santos. In November 1886, President Santos, with whom he had poor relations, stepped down from his second term of office.
Tajes served as from 1886 to 1890.
Máximo Tajes died two days before his 60th birthday in November 1912. His residence, near Cerrillos and close to the banks of the Santa Lucia river, is situated on a location called Parrador Tajes.
lieutenant has become a house museum which is open to the public free of charge. A road in Carrasco, Montevideo, is named after Máximo Tajes.