An haifeshi a Guadalajara, Jalisco a 1781.
Shahararren likita kuma ɗan siyasa, ya riƙe ofishinsa na farko, tun yana ƙarami sosai, a hidimar kotunan Spain. Ya halarci majalisar wakilai (1824) sannan daga baya ya kasance Sakataren Hulɗa a majalisar ministocin Gómez Pedraza. An nada shi mataimakin shugaban kasa a 1833, ya hau kujerar shugaban kasa a lokuta biyar, har zuwa shekarar 1847, lokacin da Antonio López de Santa Anna bai halarci aikinsa na shugaban kasa ba. Tare da José María Luis Mora, Gómez Farias ya gabatar da mahimman canje-canje kamar daidaito a tsakanin dukkan 'yan Mexico,' yancin faɗar albarkacin baki, danne gata na Ikilisiya da sojoji, aiwatar da manyan sauye-sauyen tattalin arziki ta hanyar ƙarfafawa da amortization na bashin jama'a, taimakon zamantakewar ga 'yan asalin da kuma azuzuwan da ba a kare su ba, kungiyar National Library, da sauransu. Don cancantar sa a cikin aikin jama'a, Gómez Farias ana ɗaukar sahihin mai gabatarwar. Ya mutu a Mexico City a 1858.
