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Antonio Martín Mariano Julio Carrera Sabat
b. 20 Dec 1806, Puebla de los Ángeles (now Puebla de Zaragoza)
d. 22 Apr 1871, Mexico |
| Title: |
Presidente Interino de la República Mexicana (Interim President of the Mexican Republic) |
| Term: |
15 Aug 1855 - 12 Sep 1855 |
| Chronology: |
14 Aug 1855, elected, session of the Junta of the Representatives of the Departments (Junta de Representantes de los Departamentos) (El Monitor Republicano, No. 2,902, 17 Aug 1855, p. 4; Diario del Gobierno, No. 378, 25 Aug 1855, p. 4) |
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15 Aug 1855, took the oath of office (El Siglo Diez y Nueve, No. 2,427, 19 Aug 1855, p. 2) |
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12 Sep 1855, the letter of resignation (dated 12 Sep 1855, Mexico City) is submitted to the commander-in-chief of the District of Mexico and published at the meeting of military leaders on 12 Sep 1855 (El Republicano, No. 11, 13 Sep 1855, p. 3) |
| Biography: |
| At the time of his birth, his father served as a first captain of artillery in Puebla; joined the royalist army as a cadet at the age of eight; earned his first promotion to second lieutenant of fusiliers in 1819 when he was 12; defected to the Army of the Three Guarantees and was made second lieutenant of light infantry (cazadores) in 1821; brevetted lieutenant in Dec 1821 (confirmed in 1823); brevetted captain in 1822 (confirmed in 1824); participated in the siege of the island fortress of San Juan de Ulúa (1823); was transferred to Mexico City where he was given a task to supervise the manufacture of arms; commanded artillery in San Luis Potosí (1826-1829); was involved into conspiracy of General José Gabriel de Armijo who supported in San Luis Potosí (1828) the rebellion of Nicolás Bravo; led his artillery brigade to Mexico City to suppress the rebellion of the troops of La Acordada barracks (1828); promoted to lieutenant colonel (1829); was placed in charge of the Ciudadela in Mexico City in 1831; defended the government during the Federalist Revolt of 1840; promoted to effective brigadier general in 1841; appointed member of the national legislative junta in 1842 charged with drafting the Bases Orgánicas; elected senator to the Congress in 1844 and 1845; named member of the Council of State in 1846 and later advisor to the Ministry of War; participated in the U.S. invasion of Mexico and fought in the defense of Mexico City in 1847; supported the Plan of Jalisco which brought Santa Anna to power in 1853; appointed commander of the Mexico City garrison in May 1853; named division general and member of the Council of State by Santa Anna in Jun 1853; served as commandant general of the Federal District and joined the 1854 campaign in Michoacán against the Ayutla rebellion; after serving a brief term as Interim President of the Republic, he retired to private life. |
| Biographical sources: birth and baptismal record: Archivo de la parroquia de Sagrario Metropolitano de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico, Bautismos de españoles, vol. 92, 1806-1807, f. 73; obituary: La Voz de México, No. 98, 27 Apr 1871, p. 3. |
| Elections: |
| Candidate |
Votes (14 Sep 1855) |
| Martín Carrera |
26 |
| Rómulo Díaz de la Vega |
16 |
| Vicente Riva Palacio |
4 |
| Ignacio Comonfort |
2 |
| blank |
2 |
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| Source of electoral results: El Monitor Republicano, No. 2,902, 17 Aug 1855, p. 4. |
