This Mexican president holds the record for the shortest term of office.
Guadalupe Victoria
Jos? Justo Corro
Pedro Lascurain
Benito Ju?rez
Pedro Lascurain held the Presidency of Mexico for less than an hour. In 1913 Victoriano Huerta launched a coup against Francisco Madero. In the legal maneuvering that followed Madero’s ouster, Lascurain was made president just so he could resign in favor of Huerta.