José Trinidad Cabañas

Infobox_President | name=José Trinidad Cabañas


order=Head of State of Honduras
term_start=1852
term_end=1853
vicepresident=
predecessor=
successor=
birth_date=June 9, 1805
birth_place= Tegucigalpa, Honduras
death_date=death date and age|1871|01|08|1805|06|9
death_place= Comayagua, Honduras
party=Liberal Party
spouse=
occupation= General, Politician
religion=Catholic

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José Trinidad Cabañas Born in Comayagua, Honduras June 9, 1805. Died on January 8, 1871. He was a General who fought alonside Francisco Morazan in behalf of the Central American Union. Cabañas was also President of Honduras from March 1, 1852 until October 18, 1855.

Biography

José Trinidad Cabañas was born on June 9, 1805 in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Loyal to Francisco Morazán, he took up arms in support of an independent Central America state in 1827.

In 1852, the liberal Cabañas was elected president of Honduras. His government quickly came into conflict with the conservative government of Guatemala, which was run by Rafael Carrera. Carrera backed renegade Honduran general Juan López in a coup against Cabañas.ref|lopez López fought against Cabañas and his army, ultimately defeating it on October 6, 1855 at Masaguara. After the defeat, Cabañas fled to El Salvador. Vice-President José Santiago Bueso replaced Cabañas as acting president for several weeks, followed by Francisco de Aguilar for three months before José Santos Guardiola became president.

In El Salvador, Cabañas became both a Minister in the government and head of the National Congress.Cabañas died on January 8 1871 in Comayagua.

References

# Woodward, Ralph Lee (1993). "Rafael Carrera and the Emergence of the Republic of Guatemala, 1821-1871". University of Georgia Press. ISBN 082031448X