Juan Bautista Ceballos
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Juan Bautista Ceballos was interim president of Mexico
from January 6 to February 8 of 1853. He was a moderate Liberal.
His family moved from Durango to Valladolid (Morelia
) when he was very young. He received his education there, culminating in a law degree from the College of San Nicolás in 1835. While at the college, he became friends with Melchor Ocampo
and Santos Degollado
. In 1842, and again in 1851, he was elected to the Mexican Congress.
From May 1852 to January 1853 he was president of the Mexican Supreme Court. In this position, he succeeded to the presidency when the conservatives forced Mariano Arista
from office on January 6, 1853. Shortly after becoming president, he asked Congress for the extraordinary powers it had denied to Arista, and they were granted.
Nevertheless, Congress rejected many of his initiatives, and he dissolved it militarily on January 19, calling for a constitutional convention. Congress continued to meet in a private house, naming Juan Mújica y Osorio as president, but Mújica did not accept. This led to intervention by the Mexico City garrison under Manuel Robles Pezuela
, which removed Ceballos and made General Manuel María Lombardini president (Plan de Hospicio).
Ceballos returned to the Supreme Court. In 1856 he was elected deputy from Michoacán and Colima to the Constituent Congress (1856–57). President Antonio López de Santa Anna
, who succeeded Lombardini, nominated him to the Order of Guadalupe, but Ceballos rejected the honor, not being a supporter of Santa Anna. For this snub, Santa Anna exiled him.
Ceballos left for Europe. He died in Paris in 1859.
President of Mexico
The President of the United Mexican States is the head of state and government of Mexico. Under the Constitution, the president is also the Supreme Commander of the Mexican armed forces...
from January 6 to February 8 of 1853. He was a moderate Liberal.
His family moved from Durango to Valladolid (Morelia
Morelia
Morelia is a city and municipality in the north central part of the state of Michoacán in central Mexico. The city is in the Guayangareo Valley and is the capital of the state. The main pre-Hispanic cultures here were the P'urhépecha and the Matlatzinca, but no major cities were founded in the...
) when he was very young. He received his education there, culminating in a law degree from the College of San Nicolás in 1835. While at the college, he became friends with Melchor Ocampo
Melchor Ocampo
Melchor Ocampo was a Mexican lawyer, scientist, and liberal politician.His home state was renamed Michoacán de Ocampo in his honour.-Studies:...
and Santos Degollado
Santos Degollado
José Santos Degollado Sánchez was a Mexican politician and military leader. During his service in the Mexican Army, Degollado fought against López de Santa Anna and later alongside Benito Juárez. He was deputy, and later governor of the state of Michoacán...
. In 1842, and again in 1851, he was elected to the Mexican Congress.
From May 1852 to January 1853 he was president of the Mexican Supreme Court. In this position, he succeeded to the presidency when the conservatives forced Mariano Arista
Mariano Arista
Mariano Arista was a noted veteran of many of Mexico's nineteenth century wars who served as president of Mexico from 15 January 1851 to 6 January 1853....
from office on January 6, 1853. Shortly after becoming president, he asked Congress for the extraordinary powers it had denied to Arista, and they were granted.
Nevertheless, Congress rejected many of his initiatives, and he dissolved it militarily on January 19, calling for a constitutional convention. Congress continued to meet in a private house, naming Juan Mújica y Osorio as president, but Mújica did not accept. This led to intervention by the Mexico City garrison under Manuel Robles Pezuela
Manuel Robles Pezuela
Manuel Robles Pezuela . He was unconstitutional provisional President of Mexico from 1858 to 1859 on the conservatory side in the Mexican War of the Reform, serving by appointment of a military junta in opposition to the constitutional President, Benito Juárez who was the head of the liberal...
, which removed Ceballos and made General Manuel María Lombardini president (Plan de Hospicio).
Ceballos returned to the Supreme Court. In 1856 he was elected deputy from Michoacán and Colima to the Constituent Congress (1856–57). President Antonio López de Santa Anna
Antonio López de Santa Anna
Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón , often known as Santa Anna or López de Santa Anna, known as "the Napoleon of the West," was a Mexican political leader, general, and president who greatly influenced early Mexican and Spanish politics and government...
, who succeeded Lombardini, nominated him to the Order of Guadalupe, but Ceballos rejected the honor, not being a supporter of Santa Anna. For this snub, Santa Anna exiled him.
Ceballos left for Europe. He died in Paris in 1859.