Ua hānau ʻia ʻo ia ma Guadalajara, Jalisco ma 1781.
ʻO ke kauka a me ka luna politika koʻikoʻi, ua paʻa ʻo ia i kāna keʻena lehulehu mua, ʻoiai ʻōpio loa ia, ma ka lawelawe ʻana o nā ʻaha Sepania. Ua komo ʻo ia i ka Constituent Congress (1824) a ma hope lilo i kākau ʻōlelo no ka pilina ma ka ʻaha kuhina ʻo Gómez Pedraza. Ua koho ʻia i hope pelekikena i 1833, ua noho ʻo ia i ke kūlana pelekikena i ʻelima mau manawa, a hiki i ka 1847, i ka manawa i hele aku ai ʻo Antonio López de Santa Anna mai kāna hana ma ke ʻano pelekikena mua. Me José María Luis Mora, hāʻawi ʻo Gómez Farias i nā hoʻololi nui e like me ke kaulike i waena o nā poʻe Mekiko a pau, ke kūʻokoʻa o ka haʻi ʻana, ke kaohi ʻana i nā pono o ka Ekalesia a me ka pūʻali koa, ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā hoʻoponopono waiwai hohonu ma o ka hoʻohui ʻana a ka amortization o ka hōʻaiʻē lehulehu, kōkua kōkua kaiāulu i nā ʻōiwi a me nā papa palekana ʻole, ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana o ka Waihona Waihona Aupuni, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. No kāna pono i ka hana lehulehu, ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo Gómez Farias ka mea mua o ka hoʻoponopono hou ʻana. Ua make ʻo ia ma Mekiko City i 1858.
