Benito Juarez was a member of the Liberal party. He became President of the Supreme Court, and through the Constitution of 1957 became president only to have to flee Mexico City for Veracruz when Conservative troops took over Mexico City.
In March 1861, Juárez was elected President of Mexico. It was the same month and year that President Lincoln began to serve his term in office as President of the U.S. A month later the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter starting the Civil War.
