List of heads of state of Mexico

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№
President
President.1
Took office
Left office
Political Party
Notes

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cells: 16
José Mariano Salas (1797–1867)
August 6, 1846
December 23, 1846
Conservative Party
After he restored the federalism, he called elections. Santa Anna won the election and was appointed interim president by Congress and Valentin Gomez Farias as vice president.[62][65]
cells: Valentín Gómez Farías (1781–1858)
December 23, 1846
March 21, 1847
Liberal Party
As vice president, he took office in place of Santa Anna, who was fighting the Americans in the Mexican–American War.[66]
cells: Antonio López de Santa Anna (1794–1876)
March 21, 1847
April 2, 1847
Liberal Party
He took office as elected interim president.[67]
cells: Vice President Valentín Gómez Farías
cells: 17
Pedro María de Anaya (1795–1854)
April 2, 1847
May 20, 1847
Liberal Party
Santa Anna left office to fight in the Mexican–American War. Congress abolished the vice presidency and he was appointed as substitute president.[68][69][70]
cells: Antonio López de Santa Anna (1794–1876)
May 20, 1847
September 15, 1847
Liberal Party
He reassumed the presidency when De Anaya left office to fight in the Mexican–American War.[71][72]
cells: 18
Manuel de la Peña y Peña (1789–1850)
September 16, 1847
November 13, 1847
Liberal Party
As president of the Supreme Court, he assumed the presidency after Santa Anna's resignation.[73][74]
cells: Pedro María de Anaya (1795–1854)
November 13, 1847
January 8, 1848
Liberal Party
He was appointed interim president by Congress when De la Peña y Peña left office in order to negotiate peace with the United States.
cells: Manuel de la Peña y Peña (1789–1850)
January 8, 1848
June 3, 1848
Liberal Party
He reassumed office as provisional president when De Anaya resigned after refusing to give any land to the United States.[75] During his term, he signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
cells: José Joaquín de Herrera (1792–1854)
June 3, 1848
January 15, 1851
Liberal Party
He was the second president to finish his term and peacefully turned over the presidency to the winner of the Federal Elections of 1850, General Mariano Arista.[76]
cells: 19
Mariano Arista (1802–1855)
January 15, 1851
January 5, 1853
Liberal Party
He resigned on January 5, 1853 when Congress refused to give him extraordinary powers to fight the rebellion of Plan del Hospicio, the goal of which was to bring to Santa Anna once again to the presidency.[77]
cells: 20
Juan Bautista Ceballos (1811–1859)
January 5, 1853
February 7, 1853
Liberal Party
As president of the Supreme Court, he was proposed by President Arista as his successor and confirmed the same day as interim president by Congress.[78]
cells: 21
Manuel María Lombardini (1802–1853)
February 8, 1853
April 20, 1853
Conservative Party
He was appointed provisional president by Congress when Ceballos resigned because of the rebellion of Plan del Hospicio.[79]
cells: Antonio López de Santa Anna (1794–1876)
April 20, 1853
August 9, 1855
Liberal Party
He swore as President but ruled as dictator. He called himself "Su Alteza Serenisima" (Serene Highness).[80][81] From this period, the only lasting thing is the Mexican National Anthem.[82][83]
cells: 22
Martín Carrera (1806–1871)
August 9, 1855
September 12, 1855
Conservative Party
He was appointed interim president after the triumph of the Plan of Ayutla but he took office until August 15.[83][84]
cells: 23
Rómulo Díaz de la Vega (1800–1877)
September 12, 1855
October 4, 1855
Conservative Party
He served as de facto president after Carrera's resignation.[85][86]
cells: 24
Juan Álvarez (1790–1867)
October 4, 1855
December 11, 1855
Liberal Party
He was appointed interim president by a council integrated with one representative of each state after the triumph of the Revolution of Ayutla.[87][88]
cells: 25
Ignacio Comonfort (1812–1863)
December 11, 1855
December 17, 1857
Liberal Party
He was appointed interim president by Juan Alvarez when he resigned. He assumed as constitutional president on December 1, 1857.[89][90]
cells: 26
Benito Juárez (1806–1872)
December 18, 1857
July 18, 1872
Liberal Party
As president of the Supreme Court, he became interim president after the self-coup of Ignacio Comonfort against the Constitution of 1857. He was arrested and freed by Comonfort. He established a liberal constitutional government on January 18, 1858. The struggle between the Liberal and Conservative forces is known as Reform War.[91]

Questions about this table:
originalText: who was the president of mexico in 1848
answer: answerTexts: Pedro María de Anaya
Manuel de la Peña y Peña
José Joaquín de Herrera