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Comonfort, Ignacio (ēgnä`syō kōmōnfôrt`), 1812–63, Mexican general and president (1855–58). He was one of the leaders in the Revolution of Ayutla Plan of Ayutla, drawn up in 1854, was a reform program directed toward removing the dictator Santa Anna and convening a constituent assembly to frame a federal constitution.
..... Click the link for more information. , which in 1855 overthrew Santa Anna Santa Anna, Antonio López de (äntō`nyō lō`pās dā sän`tä ä`nä)
..... Click the link for more information. and installed Juan Álvarez Álvarez, Juan (hwän äl`värās), 1780–1867, Mexican general of indigenous descent, president of Mexico (1855).
..... Click the link for more information. in the presidency. Comonfort became acting president upon the resignation of Álvarez; with his cabinet, particularly Benito Juárez Juárez, Benito (bānē`tō hwä`rās), 1806–72, Mexican liberal statesman and national hero.
..... Click the link for more information. and Miguel Lerdo de Tejada Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, 1820?–1889, also an important liberal in the Revolution of Ayutla, was for years a close associate of Juárez. He succeeded as provisional president after the death of Juárez (1872).
..... Click the link for more information. , he continued the anticlerical liberal program and embodied it in the constitution of 1857. In Dec., 1857, Comonfort, elected under the new constitution, took office as president. The reform program created a furor and awoke rebellion. Comonfort, a half-hearted liberal, attempted to make his position more moderate and was deserted by the liberals. He allowed the conservatives to seize power, then turned against them. Unsupported by either party and opposed by public opinion, he resigned and fled (Jan., 1858) to the United States. He returned to fight against the French invaders and was killed in battle.