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Manuel de la Peña y Peña

1789 - 1850

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José Manuel de la Peña y Peña (10 March 1789 – 2 January 1850) was a Mexican lawyer and judge who served two non-consecutive, but closely following, terms as the president of Mexico during the Mexican American War. In contrast to many other nineteenth-century Mexican presidents, he never served in the military, instead coming from a distinguished legal background. He was foreign minister and a member of the peace party whom under the presidency of José Joaquín de Herrera sought to avoid a war with the United States at a time of rising tensions. After hardliners overthrew Herrera and war broke out with disastrous consequences for Mexico, he was elected president twice to two non-consecutive terms in the final months of the war as peace negotiations were being made. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Manuel de la Peña y Peña is the 13,560th most popular politician (down from 13,465th in 2019), the 206th most popular biography from Mexico (down from 205th in 2019) and the 70th most popular Mexican Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Manuel de la Peña y Peña ranks 13,560 out of 19,576. Before him are Giuseppe Bottai, Enoch L. Johnson, Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby, L. K. Advani, Francesco Bartolozzi, and Clyde Tolson. After him are Sin Sukju, Louis Augustus Karl Frederick Emil, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen, Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg, Michael Kahn, Mustafa Ben Halim, and János Hadik.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1789, Manuel de la Peña y Peña ranks 39. Before him are Richard Bright, Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, Friedrich Silcher, Carlos Soublette, Bernhard Severin Ingemann, and Peter Joseph Lenné. After him are Leona Vicario, Gamzat-bek, Miguel Barragán, Cesare Balbo, Michel Félix Dunal, and Thaddeus Bulgarin. Among people deceased in 1850, Manuel de la Peña y Peña ranks 50. Before him are Bashir Shihab II, Charles Rivière-Hérard, Garlieb Merkel, Friedrich Wilhelm, Count Brandenburg, Michał Gedeon Radziwiłł, and Vicente López Portaña. After him are Juan Martín de Pueyrredón, Friedrich Robert Faehlmann, Karl Schorn, Valentín Canalizo, William Kirby, and Adoniram Judson.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Manuel de la Peña y Peña ranks 206 out of 729. Before him are José Ruiz (1904), Don Miguel Ruiz (1952), Lupita Nyong'o (1983), Sergio Pitol (1933), Alfredo del Águila (1935), and Arturo de Córdova (1908). After him are Leona Vicario (1789), Amado Nervo (1870), Diana Bracho (1944), José Mariano Salas (1797), Miguel Barragán (1789), and Eulalio Gutiérrez (1881).

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Among POLITICIANS In Mexico

Among politicians born in Mexico, Manuel de la Peña y Peña ranks 70. Before him are Juan N. Méndez (1820), Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas (1934), Juan Almonte (1803), Pascual Orozco (1882), José María Bocanegra (1787), and Sergio Pitol (1933). After him are José Mariano Salas (1797), Miguel Barragán (1789), Eulalio Gutiérrez (1881), Tenoch (1299), Melchor Múzquiz (1790), and Pedro Vélez (1787).

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