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Mariano Arista

July 26, 1802—August 7, 1855

José Mariano Martín Buenaventura Ignacio Nepomuceno García de Arista Nuez, a career army officer and one of Mexico's early presidents, was born in San Luis Potosi on July 26, 1802.

Arista began his military career at age eleven as a cadet in the Spanish army. In 1821, during the Mexican War for Independence and shortly after advancing to the rank of lieutenant, he joined the revolutionary forces of Agustin de Iturbide.

In 1824 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel after helping to overthrow Iturbide.

During the first three decades of Mexico's existence as an independent nation, Arista advanced in rank from Colonel to General, actively participating in the revolutions and counter-revolutions that mark this era as one of the most politically unstable in Mexico's history.

In 1833 he went into exile in the United States, where he learned how to speak English while reportedly working in the tin business in Cincinnati,