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election in 1828. He took the oath of office in Puebla on the 26th of December, 1832.[1]
Meantime in the city of Mexico the garrison, headed by General José Joaquin Herrera, pronounced on the 27th of December, recognizing President Gomez Pedraza. Acting President Muzquiz and his ministers thereupon returned to private life, without being able to observe the formality of resigning, congress having already dissolved itself.[2]
- ↑ The bishop received him under the pallium. The government council, presided over by the governor of Puebla, acted in lieu of the national representatives. La Cruz, v. 635; Rivera, Hist. Jalapa, iii. 123–7; Suarez y Navarro, Hist. Méx., 365.
- ↑ Congress decreed its dissolution on the 28th. It had on the 21st issued a manifesto congratulatory of its own course, which it had concluded to carry out to the end. Suarez y Navarro, Hist. Méx., 366-7; Bustamante, Voz de la Patria, MS., vii. 299-302.
