Walter V. Scholes
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Professor of History, University of Missouri, Columbia, 1954–75. Author of Mexican Politics During the Juárez Regime, 1855–1872 and others.
Primary Contributions (1)
Benito Juárez was president of Mexico from 1861 to 1872. For three years (1864–67), he fought against foreign occupation under the emperor Maximilian and sought constitutional reforms to create a democratic federal republic. His accomplishments made him a national hero in Mexico. Juárez was born of…
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