Manuel de la Peña y Peña

Manuel de la Peña y Peña
Manuel de la Peña y Peña
Portrait of Manuel de la Peña y Peña
Seal of the Government of Mexico.svg
18th President of Mexico
In office
16 September 1847 – 13 November 1847
Preceded by Antonio López de Santa Anna
Succeeded by Pedro María de Anaya
In office
8 January 1848 – 3 June 1848
Preceded by Pedro María de Anaya
Succeeded by José Joaquín de Herrera
Personal details
Born 10 March 1789(1789-03-10)
Tacubaya, Mexico
Died 2 January 1850(1850-01-02) (aged 60)
Mexico City, Mexico

José Manuel de la Peña y Peña (10 March 1789 – 2 January 1850) was a Mexican politician and lawyer, interim president of Mexico from 26 September 1847 to 13 November 1847 and president from 8 January 1848 to 3 June 1848.

Early years

He was a scholarship student at Seminario Conciliar. He graduated in civil and ecclesiastical jurisprudence on 16 December 1811, as valedictorian of his class. On 26 December 1813 he was named a trustee of the Mexico City government. On 23 February 1820 he was named by the Crown to the Audiencia of Quito, a position he was unable to fill because of the independence of Mexico.

From 10 April 1822 he was a public prosecutor, at a very young age for this position. On 21 October 1822, Emperor Augustín de Iturbide named him minister plenipotentiary to Colombia, but he was unable to occupy this position either, because of the fall of the empire. After the promulgation of the federal constitution, which created the Mexican Supreme Court, he was named to a seat in that body (25 December 1824). Except for a few short gaps, he retained this position until his death.

On 22 April 1837 he was named Minister of the Interior, and on 16 November 1838 he was appointed to the Supremo Poder Conservador. He was also a law professor at Universidad Nacional de México, president of the Academy of Jurisprudence, and rector of the College of Lawyers. On 4 December 1841 he was named to edit the Civil Code.

On 3 October 1843 he was designated a senator of the Republic, and he was reelected to that position on 19 November 1845. In 1845 he was also Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of the Interior, and plenipotentiary to negotiate an extradition treaty with the Spanish envoy.

Presidency

In 1847, because of the governmental chaos after the United States occupation of the capital, Peña y Peña assumed the interim presidency of the country in his capacity as president of the Supreme Court and by act of Congress. He served from 26 September to 13 November 1847, when he was replaced by Pedro María Anaya. The government was at that time in Querétaro. He was later named president in his own right (not interim) (8 January to 3 June 1848. The state of Yucatán had seceded from the federation, Michoacán declared sovereignty, and many other states were ignoring the federal government.

During his term of office the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, which ended the war with the United States, was negotiated and signed. Negotiations began on 2 January 1848 and concluded on 2 February. Mexico ceded Texas, New Mexico and Alta California to the United States and received a payment of 15 million dollars.

The treaty had much opposition in Congress, which was meeting in Querétaro, but considering the state of the country and the inability to continue the war, Congress ratified it on 13 May 1848. With the conclusion of the treaty, Peña y Peña resigned the presidency and returned to the Supreme Court. Congress elected General José Joaquín de Herrera president.

References

  • (Spanish) "Peña y Peña, Manuel de la," Enciclopedia de México, v. 11. Mexico City, 1996, ISBN 1-56409-016-7.
  • (Spanish) García Puron, Manuel, México y sus gobernantes, v. 2. Mexico City: Joaquín Porrúa, 1984.
  • (Spanish) Orozco Linares, Fernando, Gobernantes de México. Mexico City: Panorama Editorial, 1985, ISBN 968-38-0260-5.

Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Manuel de la Peña y Peña — Presidente de México 16 de septiembre –  …   Wikipedia Español

  • Manuel de la Peña y Peña — Mandats Président du Mexique 8 janvier …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Manuel de la Peña y Peña — (* 10. März 1789 in Mexiko Stadt; † 2. Januar 1850 ebenda) war ein mexikanischer Jurist sowie interimistischer und regulärer Präsident von Mexiko. Manuel de la Peña y Peña wurde am 10. März 1789 in Mexiko Stadt geboren und praktizierte ab dem 16 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Manuel de la Peña Rodríguez-Martín — Nacimiento 17 de diciembre de 1926 Barcelona …   Wikipedia Español

  • Juan Manuel de la Peña Bonifaz — For the President of Mexico, see Manuel de la Peña y Peña. Juan Manuel de la Pena and Juan Manuel dela Pena redirect here. For the Bolivian athlete, see Juan Manuel Peña. This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is …   Wikipedia

  • Manuel la Pena — Manuel la Peña Pour les articles homonymes, voir Peña (homonymie). Manuel la Peña Manuel de la Peña (? v.1808 1811), parfois nommé Manuel Lapeña, est un officier de l armée espagnole qui servi pendant la guerre d indépendance espagnole. Il est… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Manuel María Lombardini — Mandats Président du Mexique …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Manuel Robles Pezuela — Mandats Président du Mexique 23 d …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Peña — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda El término Peña puede referirse a: Contenido 1 En general 2 Apellido 2.1 Personajes con 1er apellido Peña / De la Peña …   Wikipedia Español

  • Peña — (span. Fels, Freundeskreis, Stammtisch, Verein), Pena (span. Strafe, Leid, Mühe, Schüchternheit, Not, Würgen) bzw. de la Peña ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Adriana Peña (* 1964), uruguayische Politikerin Aketza Peña (* 1981),… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”