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Lerdo de Tejada Succession

When: July 1872
Where: Mexico City
Part of: Death of Benito Juárez; Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada becomes interim president

Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada became the constitutional successor to the presidency following Juárez's death in July 1872.

Lerdo de Tejada, who had served as Juárez's closest ally, assumed the interim presidency upon Juárez's death. He was elected to his own presidential term in November 1872. Over the course of his 1872–1876 term, Porfirio Díaz was eliminated as a political rival, giving Lerdo considerable leeway to pursue his program without political interference.

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Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-25

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