| Manuel Z. Gómez | |
| Birth Name: | José Manuel Zacarías Gómez Valdés |
| Birth Date: | 4 November 1813 |
| Birth Place: | San Felipe de Linares, Nuevo León |
| Death Place: | Monterrey, Nuevo León |
| Education: | San Idelfonso College |
| Office1: | Governor of Nuevo León (interim) |
| Term Start1: | 1866 |
| Term End1: | 4 December 1867 |
| Predecessor1: | Mariano Escobedo |
| Successor1: | Jerónimo Treviño |
José Manuel Zacarías Gómez Valdés (4 November 1813 – 27 July 1871) was a 19th-century Mexican lawyer and politician who served as interim governor of Nuevo León (1866–1867), senator, and congressman in the Chamber of Deputies representing the states of Nuevo León and Tamaulipas.[1]
As congressman, he celebrated the annexation of Coahuila by Nuevo León[2] and during his administration, he was satirized by El cura de Tamajón, an ephemeral weekly publication edited by Jesús Flores and written mostly by Guillermo Prieto during his stay in Monterrey.[3]
Aside from his political activities, Gómez also presided over Nuevo León's Supreme Tribunal of Justice in 1867.[4]