predecessor successor death_place birth_place birth_date order term_start signature image article_title term_end name
patricio rivas máximo jerez and tomás martínez trujillo , honduras nashville , tennessee may 8 , 1824 may 8 , 1824 1st president of the republic of sonora president of the republic president of nicaragua of the republic of lower california 1st november 12 , 1856 3 , 1853 january 21 , 1854 july appletons ' walker william signature.png williamwalker.jpg william walker -lrb- filibuster -rrb-
 january 1 , 1857 21 , 1854 may 8 , 1854 may william walker
william walker -lrb- filibuster -rrb-

william walker -lrb- may 8 , 1824 -- september 12 , 1860 -rrb- was an american physician , lawyer , journalist and mercenary , who organized several private military expeditions into latin america , with the intention of establishing english-speaking colonies under his personal control , an enterprise then known as `` filibustering . ''
walker usurped the presidency of the republic of nicaragua in 1856 and ruled until 1857 , when he was defeated by a coalition of central american armies .
he was executed by the government of honduras in 1860 .
