It is claimed that he was a talented orator and writer, and the opposite of the typical "man on a horseback"[1] attributed to previous Cuban Presidents with military backgrounds.

During his youth he attended the coronation of King George V of the United Kingdom in 1911 as a Special Attaché to the Cuban Legation in London.

He participated in the failed Río Verde armed expedition against the Gerardo Machado government, was imprisoned, and returned to exile.

However, he served only until December 24, 1936, when he was impeached by Congress following his vetoing of the Nine Cent Law, a revenue on each 250-pound bag of sugar produced in the country, that was planned to finance the Civic-Rural schools promoted by Fulgencio Batista.

The counsel for the House of Representatives, which brought the charges against Gómez, included Antonio Martinez Fraga, a Democrat; a Nationalist named Felipe, and Carlos Palma, a Republican.

"[3] The Senate trial charged Gómez with "threatening reprisals against members of the Congress of Cuba who opposed his legislative measures.

Later on in the day crowds gathered at the Presidential Palace cheering for Gómez as he departed to his residence in the Prado area of Havana.

Later in the day, from his house, Gómez issued a statement claiming his impeachment was "highly unjust" and a victory for the military, also saying "It has all been useless.

In 1951, Representative Manuel Dorta-Duque proposed the Moral Rehabilitation Law of Miguel Mariano Gómez Arias, thus annulling the sentence that dismissed him as President of the Republic.