Jos?de la Cruz Porfirio D燰z Mori (September 15, 1830 ?July 2, 1915) was a Mexican-American War volunteer and French intervention hero, an accomplished general and the President of Mexico continuously from 1876 to 1911, with the exception of a brief term in 1876 when he left Juan N. M幯dez as interim president, and a four-year term served by his political ally Manuel Gonz嫮ez from 1880 to 1884 Photo via Newscom