Adabadwira ku Guadalajara, Jalisco ku 1781.
Dokotala wodziwika komanso wandale, adagwira ntchito yake yoyamba, akadali wamng'ono kwambiri, potumikira makhothi aku Spain. Adatenga nawo gawo ku Constituent Congress (1824) ndipo pambuyo pake adakhala Secretary of Relations ku nduna ya Gómez Pedraza. Anasankhidwa kukhala wachiwiri kwa purezidenti mu 1833, adagwira ntchito ya purezidenti maulendo asanu, mpaka 1847, pomwe a Antonio López de Santa Anna kunalibe ntchito yake ngati purezidenti woyamba. Pamodzi ndi a José María Luis Mora, a Gómez Farias akufuna kusintha kwakukulu monga kufanana pakati pa anthu onse aku Mexico, ufulu wofotokozera, kuponderezedwa kwa mwayi wa Tchalitchi ndi gulu lankhondo, kukhazikitsa kusintha kwakukulu kwachuma kudzera pakuphatikiza ndi kuchotsera ngongole zaboma, kuthandizira anthu am'deralo komanso osaziteteza, bungwe la National Library, pakati pa ena. Chifukwa chakuchita bwino pagulu, a Gómez Farias amadziwika kuti ndiomwe amatsogolera kukonzanso. Adamwalira ku Mexico City mu 1858.
