Ruler · 1824 – 1860

William Walker

Lived 1824 – 1860; physician, politician, writer. President of Nicaragua (Nicaragua), 1856 – 1857.

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Lived: 1824 – 1860; 36 years
In office: 1 year; one reign
Lines: 1; Nicaragua
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

President of Nicaragua

Nicaragua · the 6th of 58 dated reigns · 1854 – 2025

2 before

José María Estrada1855

Patricio Rivas1855 – 1857

Fermín Ferrer1856

William Walker1856 – 1857

Máximo Jerez1857

Tomás Martínez1857 – 1867

Fernando Guzmán Solórzano1867 – 1871

49 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1856 – 1857 · 1 year · came to it aged 32

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1857; they died in 1860

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