Gómez, Juan Vicente b. July 24, 1857 d. December 17, 1935 Venesuela President. He was President of Venezuela from 1908 to 1935. Bborn on a farm in western Venezuela close to the Colombian frontier, when his father died in 1883 he became head of the family and lived by running the farm and raising cattle. An armed revolution against the country's president, Ignacio Andrade, forced Gómez to abandon his lands in 1899. He supported the new president, Cipriano Castro, leading his guerilla henchmen against Castro's enemies and was rewarded by being made...[Read More] (Bio by: Erik Skytte) Cementerio General de Maracay, Maracay, Aragua, Venezuela Plot: Panteón de Gral. Gómez
b. July 24, 1857 d. December 17, 1935