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| | Benito Pablo Juarez |
 | | Arteaga was chosen governor, and Juarez sent as delegate to the constituent congress, where he supported with vigor the liberal policy of the acting president, Gomez-Farias, and helped to negotiate a loan on church property to defray the expenses of the war against the United States. |
 | | When Alvarez was elected president on 4 October, he appointed Juarez minister of justice and religion, and the latter proposed and procured the passage of a bill for the abolition of the special clerical and military courts, under which the clergy and the army had practically enjoyed immunity from the laws for a long time. |
 | | Juarez transferred his government, on 26 December, 1866, to Durango, and on 22 January, 1867, to Zacatecas, where, on 27 January, he barely escaped falling into the hands of Miramon's forces, and was obliged to fly to Sombrerete. |
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