at the dawn of colombia's independence, francisco becomes mayor of the city of sogamoso and after that he serves as a senator of the republic of new granada, granadine confederation and united states of colombia, where he is involved in the creation of laws and furthers the development of the nascent democracy. a fervent catholic, he serves the state in different ways. one of those ways was to deliver most of its wealth and wealth to the nation that he helped build. as a politician, he was a constituent congressman and senator at different stages of development of colombia.