Valentín Gómez Farías was a Mexican physician and liberal politician who became president of Mexico twice, first from 1833 to 1834, during the period of the First Mexican Republic, and again from 1846 to 1847, during the Mexican–American War.
Valentín Gómez Farías
Guadalajara, Farías' hometown.
Santa Anna was elected with Gómez Farías as a liberal, but later betrayed him and supported a Conservative revolt.
Photograph of an elderly Gómez Farías
The First Mexican Republic, known also as the First Federal Republic, existed from 1824 to 1835. It was a federated republic, established by the Constitution of 1824, the first constitution of independent Mexico, and officially designated the United Mexican States. It ended in 1835, when conservatives under Antonio López de Santa Anna transformed it into a unitary state, the Centralist Republic of Mexico.
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Valentín Gómez Farías
Building of La Constancia Mexicana: a textile factory that was built in 1835.
1830 painting with the Port of Veracruz in the distance.