He campaigned against Juárez in 1861 for the presidency, but he died of typhus on March 22, 1861. See also La Reforma War of the Reform Reform laws Liberalism in Mexico Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada References Further reading Bazant, Jan. Alienation of Church Wealth in Mexico: Social and Economic Aspects of the Liberal Reform, 1856-1875. Cambridge University Press 1971. Blázquez, Carmen. Miguel Lerdo de Tejada: Un liberal veracruzano en la polítical nacional. 1978. Knowlton, Robert J. Church Property and the Mexican Reform 1856-1910. 1976. Sinkin, Richard N. The Mexican Reform, 1855-1876: A Study in Liberal Nation-Building. 1979. Tenenbaum, Barbara. The Politics of Penury: Debt and Taxes in Mexico 1821-1856''. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press 1986. People from Veracruz (city) 1812 births 1861 deaths Liberalism in Mexico Mexican judges Mexican Secretaries of Finance