Kammala wannan jumla: An haife shi a Laredo a ranar 14 ga Oktoba 1803. Ya kasance memba na Citizen Militia a lokacin 1820 <unk> 1823 Trienio Liberal. Bayan ya yi yaƙi da sojojin Faransa masu mamayewa da aka sani da
Dubu ɗari na 'Ya'yan Saint Louis, ya yi hijira zuwa Ingila, ya koma Spain bayan mutuwar Ferdinand VII, Sarkin Felon. An zabe shi a matsayin mataimakin a 1844 a wakilcin Palencia. Daga wannan lokacin, ya zama mafi mahimmanci a cikin tsattsauran ra'ayi na shawarwarinsa fiye da babban jam'iyyar Progressive Party. Ya ba da shawarar Tarayyar Iberian a cikin dandalin zabensa na 1844.