predecessor successor order term_start image article_title term_end name
none miguel barbachano miguel barbachano domingo barret miguel barbachano miguel barbachano miguel barbachano miguel barbachano 1st of yucatán president of the republic of yucatán and governor august 14 , 1843 october 3 , 1847 22 , 1840 october 13 , 1842 november santiago mendez 12.jpg santiago méndez
 december 15 , 1844 march 26 , 1847 11 , 1841 august 18 , 1842 may santiago méndez
santiago méndez

santiago méndez ibarra -lrb- 1798 , campeche , campeche - 1872 -rrb- was governor of yucatán , mexico 3 times from 1840 to 1857 : 1840 - 1844 ; 1847 -- 1848 ; 1855 -- 1857 , alternating that office with miguel barbachano mainly during his first and second terms .
méndez was a moderate who advocated a strict conservative financial policy for the government .
he was noted for his honesty , and gained no personal fortune from his years in governmental power .
santiago méndez was more in favor of union with mexico than barbachano , but twice presided over yucatán declaring its independence , due to frustration with mexican dictator antonio lópez de santa anna .
santiago méndez was father of concepción méndez echazarreta and grandfather of justo sierra méndez .
justo sierra o'reilly , his son-in-law collaborated with him in policy .
