|Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada| Birthplace: Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
Location of death: New York City Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Panteón Civil de Dólores, Mexico City, Mexico
Religion: Roman Catholic Race or Ethnicity: Hispanic Occupation:
Head of State Executive summary: President of Mexico, 1872-76
President of Mexico, born at Jalapa on the 25th of April 1825.
He was educated as a lawyer and became a member of the supreme
court. He became known as a liberal leader and a supporter of
President Benito Juárez. He was minister of foreign affairs for
three months in 1857, and became president of the Chamber of
Deputies in 1861. During the French intervention and the reign
of the emperor Maximilian he continued loyal to the patriotic
party, and had an active share in conducting the national
resistance. He was minister of foreign affairs to President
Juárez, and he showed an implacable resolution in carrying out
the execution of Maximilian at Quérétaro. When Juárez died in
1872 Lerdo succeeded him in