Anaya, Juan Pablo, 1785-1850

General and politician. Born 1785 in Lagos, Jalisco; died 1850 in Mexico City. Veteran of the Mexican War of Independence; aided the United States against the British in Carolina. Deputy to the national congress (1821). General Brigada de los Ejércitos Nacionales (1824). Comandante General for Chiapas (1828). Brigadier General and General de División (1832). Ministro de Guerra (January 8-30, 1833) in the administration of president Gómez Pedraza. Governor of Tabasco (Nov. 17, 1840-Dec. 6, 1840). Comandante General de Sinaloa and Sonora (1847). Jefe del Ejército del Ocidente (1847). Involved with construction of a railroad from Mexico City to Veracruz (1848). Relieved of command December 27, 1848, and became subject of investigation concerning his reduction of the customs tax.

From the description of Juan Pablo Anaya Papers, 1810-1911. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 29537377

General and politician. Born 1785 in Lagos, Jalisco; died 1850 in Mexico City. Veteran of the Mexican War of Independence; aided the United States against the British in Carolina. Deputy to the national congress (1821). General Brigada de los Ejércitos Nacionales (1824). Comandante General for Chiapas (1828). Brigadier General and General de Division (1832). Ministro de Guerra (January 8-30, 1833) in the administration of president Gómez Pedraza. Governor of Tabasco (Nov. 17, 1840-Dec. 6, 1840). Comandante General de Sinaloa and Sonora (1847). Jefe del Ejército del Ocidente (1847). Involved with construction of a railroad from Mexico City to Veracruz (1848). Relieved of command December 27, 1848, and became subject of investigation concerning his reduction of the customs tax.

• 1785: Born in Lagos, Jalisco
• 1810: joined with Hidalgo and Allende, War of Mexican Independence
• 1813: named General
• 1813: commissioned to go to U.S., where he asked for military supplies and recognition of the Mexican independence movement
• 1814: aids U.S. against British in Carolina
• 1815: struggle for independence of Carolina
• 1815: in New Orleans for recognition of Mexican flag by U.S.
• 1820: prisoner of war of Juan Dominguez
• 1821: joined Iguala Plan; Deputy to first Congress; made Brigadier General
• 1822: still Deputy; imprisoned and sentenced to death in Guadalajara
• 1822/24: Diputado por Guadalajara
• 1824: married Doña Mercedes Jaime de Aguirre
• 1824: General Brigada de los Ejércitos Nacionales
• 1826: made General de Division
• 1828: Comandante General for Chiapas
• 1829: Comandante General for Chiapas
• 1832: appointed Major General
• 1832: received rank of Brigadier General and Divisionario Minister of War in the Gómez Pedraza administration
• 1832/33: General de Division
• 1833: Minister of War, January 8-30
• 1834: Iguala, persecutions
• 1835: exiled
• 1840: Governor of Tabasco, Nov. 17, 1840-Dec. 6, 1840
• 1839: engaged in interterritorial Mexican battles; various states
• 1847: Commander General of Sinaloa
• 1848: railroad to Veracruz from Mexico City
• 1849: made Comandante General de Sinaloa
• 1849: transferred for his position and brought to trial for having lowered the customs tax by one-half without proper authority
• 1850: died in Mexico City

From the guide to the Juan Pablo Anaya Papers 29537377., 1810-1911, (Benson Latin American Collection, General Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin)