Tomás de Herrera

Tomás de Herrera
Tomás de Herrera
President of the Free State of the Isthmus*
	In office; November 18, 1840 – December 31, 1841
12th President of the Republic of the New Granada
	In office; April 21, 1854 – August 5, 1854
Preceded by	José María Melo
Succeeded by	José de Obaldía
Personal details
Born	Tomás José Ramón del Carmen de Herrera y Pérez Dávila; December 21, 1804; Panama City
Died	December 1, 1854 (aged 49); Bogotá, Cundinamarca
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	Ramona de Urriola Obarrio
Signature
	Head of State of Panama during its first, short lived independence between 1840–1841, first addressed as Superior Civil Chief, then Superior Chief of State and later President.;

Tomás José Ramón del Carmen de Herrera y Pérez Dávila (21 December 1804 – 5 December 1854) was a Neogranadine statesman and general who in 1840 became Head of State of the Free State of the Isthmus, a short lived independent state which is in what is now Panama. Tomás de Herrera also became President of the Republic of the New Granada in 1854.