COMONFORT, IGNACIO

ēgnäˈsyō kōmōnfôrtˈ, 1812–63, Mexican general and president (1855–58). He was one of the leaders in the Revolution of Ayutla, which in 1855 overthrew Santa Anna and installed Juan Álvarez in the presidency. Comonfort became acting president upon the resignation of Álvarez; with his cabinet, particularly Benito Juárez and Miguel Lerdo de Tejada, he continued the anticlerical liberal program and embodied it in the constitution of 1857. In Dec., 1857, Comonfort, elected under the new constitution, took office as president. The reform program created a furor and awoke rebellion. Comonfort, a half-hearted liberal, attempted to make his position more moderate and was deserted by the liberals. He allowed the conservatives to seize power, then turned against them. Unsupported by either party and opposed by public opinion, he resigned and fled (Jan., 1858) to the United States. He returned to fight against the French invaders and was killed in battle.

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books on: Comonfort Ignacio  - 37 results

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Encyclopedia of Mexico: History, Society & Culture - Vol. 2
Book by Michael S. Werner; Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1997
Subjects: Mexico--Civilization--Encyclopedias
...de la historia 1995 . Essays: Arriaga, Ponciano; Comonfort, Ignacio; Corona, Ramon; Gonzalez Ortega, Jesus; Labastida...and Works 1977 . Editor of El Epistolario de Juan Ignacio Molina, 1740-1829 with Walter S. J. Hanisch...
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Santa Anna of Mexico
Book by Will Fowler; University of Nebraska Press, 2007
Subjects: Generals--Mexico--Biography, Mexico--History--1821-1861, Presidents--Mexico--Biography, Santa Anna, Antonio Laopez De--1794?-1876
...Churubusco, Battle of, 273-75 Cicero, 30 Cincdnegui, Ignacio, 31-35 Citlalt6petl, 6, 44,128,185, 316...commerce, 10,24, 45,79, 81-83,103,134 Comonfort, Ignacio, xxii, 264; as presi- dent, 317 ; and Revolution...
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Jose de Galvez: Visitor-General of New Spain (1765-1771)
Book by Herbert Ingram Priestley; University of California Press, 1916
Subjects: Mexico--History--Spanish Colony, 1540-1810, Spain--Colonies--Administration
...Reglamento of 1778. Communication between Spain and Spanish America, 20 , 23 , 24 , 58 , 377 -8, note 124. Comonfort, Ignacio, president of Mexico 1857, 358 , note 84. Composition Composicion de tierras , defined, 314 , note 1, 338...
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The History of Mexico
Book by Burton Kirkwood; Greenwood Press, 2000
Subjects: Mexico--History
...210 - 211 Columbus, Christopher, 13 Comercio libre, 70 Communist Federation of the Mexican Proletariat, 160 Comonfort, Ignacio, 101 - 102 Compa, Valentin, 183 Confederacion General de Trabajadores CGT , 150 , 160 , 172 Confederacion Nacional...
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In the Shadow of the Giant: The Making of Mexico's Central America Policy, 1876-1930
Book by Jeurgen Buchenau; University of Alabama Press, 1996
Subjects: Central America--Foreign Relations, Central America--Foreign Relations--Mexico, Mexico--Foreign Relations--1867-1910, Mexico--Foreign Relations--1910-1946, Mexico--Foreign Relations--Central America, United States--Relations--Foreign Countries
...of and policies against, ix, 135 , 163 -64, 167 , 171 -73, 193 -97, 199 , 203 -5; Mexican fear of, 193 Comonfort, Ignacio, 7 , 8 Confederacion Regional Obrera Mexicana CROM , 161 Congress: Mexican, 10 , 14 , 25 , 42 , 44 , 93 , 122...
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The Politics of Death: State Funerals as Rites of Reconciliation in Porfirian Mexico, 1876-1889*
Journal article by Matthew D. Esposito; The Americas, Vol. 62, 2005
Subjects: Death & dying, Funerals, History, Mexico, Politics, Reconciliation
...Literaria de Toluca, and with Ignacio Manuel Altamirano launched the...served as a personal secretary of Ignacio Comonfort during the revolution of Ayutla...President of the Supreme Court Ignacio Vallarta requested that the state...
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"As Dead as Julius Caesar": The Rejection of the McLane-Ocampo Treaty
Journal article by Pearl T. Ponce; Civil War History, Vol. 53, 2007
Subjects: Democratic Party (United States)--International relations, Free trade--Political aspects, Slidell, John--Political activity, United States. Congress. Senate--International relations
...upheaval. Although an 1857 Constitution had installed Ignacio Comonfort as president, General Felix Zuloaga had ousted him...Benjamin obtained the new grant from President Ignacio Comonfort on September 7, 1857, over the objections of Forsyth...
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The Effect of International Treaties on Religious Freedom in Mexico
Journal article by Ricardo Hernandez-Forcada; Brigham Young University Law Review, Vol. 2002, 2002
Subjects: Freedom of religion, History, International relations, Mexico, Social conditions & trends, Treaties
...a single acceptable religion. In fact, in 1811, Ignacio Lopez Rayon described "the elements of a constitution...promulgated a new constitution through a moderate, Ignacio Comonfort. The draft began, "In the name of God and with the...
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Contemporary Hi(Stories) of Mexico: Fictional Re-creation of Collective Past on Television
Journal article by Maria de Los Angeles Rodriguez Cadena; Film & History, Vol. 34, 2004
Subjects: History, Mexico, Murals, Storytelling, Television
...provides the context of the government of President Ignacio Comonfort and the changes in the Mexican Constitution of 1857...and in Senda de gloria, by acclaimed Mexican actor Ignacio Lopez Tarso. After La tormenta, Sabido wrote the...
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Roman Catholicism and U.s. Foreign Policy-1919-1935: a Clash of Policies
Journal article by Richard Gribble; Journal of Church and State, Vol. 50, 2008
Subjects: Attorneys general, Catholic churches, Church & state, Committees, Conferences, Councils, Radical groups, Religion, Russian history, United States, Welfare, World War I
...have, if they stand together."32 A short Centrist Period, the Era of Reform, highlighted by the presidency of Ignacio Comonfort, moved to limit the powers of the clergy through enactment of the Ley Lerdo.33 Reaction to the Centrist Reform...
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A First Lady's Courageous Voyage
Magazine article by Bobette Gugliotta; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 44, March 1992
Subjects: Juarez, Margarita Maza de--Biography, Presidents--Wives
...being tracked by Juarez haters, among them General Ignacio Martinez Pinolo who was a close friend of Benitos...Minister of the Interior, then Vice President under Ignacio Comonfort. When Comonfort resigned in 1857, he stepped into a position he...


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newspaper articles on: Comonfort Ignacio  - 1 result

 
 
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Births
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), November 13, 2005
Subjects: Swain, John
...Matania Danica Rodriguez, Aug. 3 to Ignacio and Rosalva Rodriguez. Sister of Maria...Garcia and Angelina Mexicano, all of Comonfort, Guanajuato, Mexico. Great-grandparents...Garcia and Guadalupe Hernandez, all of Comonfort, Guanajuato, Mexico. - Richard Lorence...


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encyclopedia articles on: Comonfort Ignacio  - 5 results

 
 
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Comonfort, Ignacio
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
COMONFORT, IGNACIO egna syo komonfort , 1812 63, Mexican...installed Juan Alvarez in the presidency. Comonfort became acting president upon the resignation...constitution of 1857. In Dec., 1857, Comonfort, elected under the new constitution...
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Mexico , Country, North America
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...shunned by the creoles, sprang up under the command of Ignacio Allende , Jose Maria Morelos y Pavon , Vicente Guerrero...reform-minded men came to the fore Juan Alvarez , Ignacio Comonfort , Miguel and Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada , and, especially...
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Ayutla
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Ayutla (which exiled Santa Anna and established a liberal government) was initially supported by Juan Alvarez, Ignacio Comonfort, Miguel and Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada, and Benito Juarez. ____________________ Copyright 2009...
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Álvarez, Juan
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Revolution of Ayutla, which overthrew (1855) General Santa Anna . After two months he yielded the presidency to Ignacio Comonfort . Alvarez later fought against Maximilian and the French invaders. ____________________ Copyright...
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JuÁrez, Benito
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...conservatives rose against the liberal constitution of 1857. When Comonfort resigned, Juarez became acting president. He showed his mettle...Maximilian . Juarez, with the adherence of such notable Mexicans as Ignacio Manuel Altamirano , continued gallant resistance to the French...


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