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Manuel de la Peña y Peña, Mexican lawyer and 20th President (1847) (born 1789)

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Manuel de la Peña y Peña

18th President of Mexico in 1847 and 1848 (1789–1850)

José Manuel de la Peña y Peña was a Mexican lawyer and judge who served two non-consecutive, but closely following, terms as the president of Mexico during the Mexican American War. In contrast to many other nineteenth-century Mexican presidents, he never served in the military,…
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January 2

Day of the year

January 2 is the second day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 363 days remain until the end of the year.
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