Facts: - death place: tacubaya - successor: jose ignacio esteva sebastian camacho castilla ramon lopez rayon - death date: 1853 - predecessor: jose ignacio esteva miguel barragan jose ignacio esteva - office: governor of the federal district of the federal district governor of veracruz governor - term end: 3 december 1828 1829 12 january 1835 - term start: 23 february 1828 1828 24 november 1833 - birth date: 1 march 1795 - name: jose maria de tornel y mendivil - image: jmatornel.gif - birth place: orziba , veracruz , new spain Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jose maria tornel .
jose maria de tornel y mendivil -lrb- 1795 -- 1853 -rrb- was a 19th-century mexican army general and politician who greatly influenced the career of president antonio lopez de santa anna .