Manuel Lorenzo Justiniano de Zavala y Sáenz
Manuel Lorenzo Justiniano de Zavala y Sáenz (born October 3, 1788 in Tecoh ( Merida / Yucatán ), † November 16, 1836 in Channelview , Republic of Texas ) was a Texas landowner and politician.
Life
He studied Latin, philosophy and theology at the seminary of San Ildefonso. His political engagement began with conspiratorial meetings in the church of the Barrio de San Juan (Yucatán) in Mérida with the priest Vicente María Velásquez, where a political decision was made against a continuation of New Spain as a colony of Spain. His campaign for independence was punished by the Spanish colonial authorities with prison in San Juan de Ulúa , before Veracruz from 1813 to 1817. There he became a Freemason . He founded the first daily newspapers in Yucatán under the names: El Aristarco Universal , El Redactor Meridano and El Hispanoamericano Constitucional .
In 1820 he was elected to represent the Yucatán in the Cortes (Assembly of Estates) . He returned to Mexico and in 1824 became a member and chairman of the constituent assembly, the Congreso Constituyente de México in 1821
Manuel Gómez Pedraza was elected to succeed Guadalupe Victoria as Mexican President in 1828 . Lorenzo de Zavala intrigued with Antonio López de Santa Anna that the parliament would not have passed the law that would have appointed Manuel Gómez Pedraza as president, but instead made Vicente Guerrero president, for which he proposed de Zavala as his deputy, but was in that office Anastasio Bustamante was elected by Parliament , which is why Vicente Guerrero appointed Lorenzo de Zavala to his cabinet as Minister of Finance .
As ambassador to France, he also had a letter of accreditation for the Holy See with him, which he was not received with, however, since Gregory XVI. did not recognize Mexico's independence until 1836.
On his return from Paris he settled with his family on his latifundia in Texas and conspired with the Texan separatists. He was called to the Congress of the Republic of Texas and served as the first and only Tejano vice president of the Republic of Texas from March to October 1836 .
In the second quarter of the 19th century the tendency towards small states was widespread in the former New Spain, there was a republic of Yucatán and Los Altos . Antonio López de Santa Anna passed seven centralized laws in 1835, which led to the Texas War of Independence on October 2, 1835 .
Lorenzo de Zavala married Teresa Correa y Correa in 1807, their son was Lorenzo Junior. In 1831 Lorenzo de Zavala married Emily West, with whom he had children Augustín Ricardo and Emily. Augustín became the father of Adina Emilia De Zavala.
After Zavala was Zavala County named.
Publications
- Viaje a los Estados-Unidos del Norte de America, Lorenzo de Zavala, Justo Sierra O'Reilly, Impr. De Castillo y compañía, 1846 - 329 pp.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Melchor Múzquiz | Governor of the State of Mexico 1827 |
Mariano Esteva y Ulibarri |
|
Secretarío de Hacienda 1828 |
||
| Melchor Múzquiz | Governor of the State of Mexico 1832 to 1833 |
Félix María Aburto |
| Tomás Murphy y Alegría |
Mexican ambassador in Paris April 26 to November 24, 1834 |
Fernando Mangino |
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Vice President of the Republic of Texas March 16 to October 22, 1836 |
Mirabeau B. Lamar |
Individual evidence
- ↑ José C. Valadés, Mario Melgar Adalid, Andrés Lira Gonzáles, Orígenes de la República Mexicana: la aurora constitucional p. 242
- ^ Emily West: http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fza08
- ^ Adina De Zavala, History and legends of the Alamo and other missions in and around San Antonio
- ↑ Embajadores de México
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zavala y Sáenz, Manuel Lorenzo Justiniano de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mexican ambassador |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 3, 1788 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tecoh , Yucatan |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 16, 1836 |
| Place of death | Channelview, Republic of Texas |