After the events of the Ten Tragic Days and the rise to power of Victoriano Huerta, he was reappointed Governor of Nuevo León, a position in which he lasted a month.

He was born in the Hacienda de Chihuahua (also known as "Chihuahuita"),[1] in the town of Cadereyta Jiménez, Nuevo León on November 17, 1835[2] and was baptized on the 22nd of the same month, being the sixth of the seven children of Don Antonio Treviño y Pereyra and Doña María Francisca Leal Tijerina who were modest ranchers who lived off the produce of the land.

He completed his primary studies in his native Cadereyta, where he learned to read and write, as well as some Catholic doctrines and arithmetics, according to the prevailing Lancastrian method at that time.

[8] With the advent of French defeat, Juárez entrusted General Treviño with the military command of the Plaza de México, which he left on December 4, 1867, when he was appointed constitutional governor of Nuevo León, in recognition of his services.

The regulations promulgated for the González Hospital are remembered from his administration, he granted pardon for those who had been involved against the government, improvements were made to the National Guard and higher education was given a boost when the Colegio Civil was completed in September 1870, which had been founded in 1859 by decree of Governor José Silvestre Aramberri and the Normal School of Professors was also created, the latter at the time he requested a leave of absence from the government, being replaced by José Eleuterio González.

[8] Another contribution his government made was the beginning of the construction of the highway that crosses the Sierra Madre Oriental through the mouth of Santa Rosa and connects with the southern portions of the state.

At the end of 1868, a former imperialist commander named Cenobio Díaz escaped from Monterrey, organized a party of 25 men, and entered Villa del Carmen, proclaiming the 1857 Constitution and ignoring the state authorities.

During this stage the situation in the state continued to worsen as the hacienda was completely bankrupt and the contribution system was so unequal to the extent that workers and peasants began to emigrate because they could not cover the personal taxes that had been applied to them.

[9]On September 19, 1871, in the midst of an opposition environment, Treviño was again declared Governor of the State for the biennium of 1871 to 1873, in elections considered to be fraudulent against Simón de la Garza Melo.

[10] Treviño was supported by generals Francisco Naranjo, Ignacio, Pedro Martínez, Trinidad García de la Cadena, Donato Guerra, and Díaz himself.

The nonconformists at first made progress, but were defeated by forces loyal to the government under the command of Generals Sóstenes Rocha and Lázaro Garza Ayala in the Battle of Cerro de Bufa.

When Don Benito Juárez died on July 18, 1872, he was succeeded by Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, who promulgated an amnesty for those who had taken up arms against the Juarista administration and Nuevo León regained order.

[10] On November 22, 1876, General Díaz made his triumphant entry in Mexico City and acceded to the Presidency of the Republic, while Treviño, who was head of the forces in the north, recovered positions such as Saltillo and Monterrey.

[11] Once the constitutional order was restored, after the triumph of the Tuxtepec Revolution, Treviño was elected governor and took office on March 12, 1877; however, barely a month had passed when on April 16 he presented his resignation from the position, being replaced by Genaro Garza García .

During the Tuxtepec Revolution, Jerónimo Treviño was promoted to Divisional General and was head of the Northern Division, a position in which he dedicated his efforts to pacifying the border area in conjunction with the American forces under the command of General Edward Ord and establishing business agreements with the United States until November 30, 1880, the date on which he was appointed Secretary of War and Navy of the cabinet of President Manuel González Flores.

An editor for the newspaper El Noticiero by the name of Juan Luis Cantú assured that, at the end of 1910, Treviño and Madero were in constant communication and made a pact of non-violence in the State, by the followers of the latter.

In 1911, Treviño handed over the leadership of the Zone to General José María Mier, a former subordinate of his and who was appointed governor of Nuevo León after Reyes' resignation 2 years earlier.

[13] After the fall of the Porfiriato, Madero and Treviño returned to establish friendly relations to, this time, elect the candidate for the governorship of the State in the renewal of the Supreme Powers on June 4, 11 and 18.

Victoriano Huerta who knew the prestige that Treviño enjoyed in the northeast of the country, and once his government was recognized by the local congress, decided to keep him under close surveillance, just as his former protector, General Reyes, had done.

On September 15, 1913, Treviño was appointed President of the Supreme Military Court, although he would never assume said position, since on November 29, and for health reasons, he was relieved of fulfilling such commission.

At that time, Carranza had contemplated the veteran General Treviño to join the Constitutional Army, for which he sent him an offer, proposing him the leadership of the revolutionary movement and for this he sent two Captain Rafael Saldaña and Eliseo Arredondo as emissaries.