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Defunct left-wing political party in Mexico ()

For the 20th century party, see Mexican Liberal Party.

The Liberal Party (Spanish: Partido Liberal, PL) was a loosely organised political party in Mexico from to Strongly influenced by French Revolutionary thought, and the republican institutions of the United States, it championed the principles of 19th-century liberalism, and promoted republicanism, federalism, and anti-clericalism.

They were opposed by, and fought several civil wars against, the Conservative Party.

History

The federalist Constitution of represented a triumph for liberal thought. During the First Mexican Republic era, the party's chief ideologists were Lorenzo de Zavala and José María Luis Mora. When President Valentín Gómez Farías sought to pursue an anti-clerical campaign in , among other liberal reforms, his government was overthrown, and the triumphant conservatives replaced the constitution with the Siete Leyes inaugurating a