Emilio Fagot (2 February 1883 – 28 January 1946) was a
Puerto Rican politician and
Mayor
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of
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Ponce (, , , ) is both a city and a municipality on the southern coast of Puerto Rico. The city is the seat of the municipal government.
Ponce, Puerto Rico's most populated city outside the San Juan metropolitan area, was founded on 12 August 1 ...
, from 1 January 1929 to 1 January 1933.
Early years
Fagot was born in Ponce on 2 February 1883 into a family of farmers.
Career
Fagot became interested in politics at a young age and by 1914 (age 30) he was a member of the Ponce Municipal Assembly. He also founded a new political party:
Partido Popular Ponceño. Through his party he formed a coalition between the Socialist and Republican parties that led him to winning the 1928 elections and become mayor of Ponce in 1929.
Presidential visit
Emilio Fagot is best known for his welcoming and hosting of US President
Herbert Hoover
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in 1933, during the time of the
Great Depression
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. He has the distinction of being one of three Ponce mayors to have hosted a
US President
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.
''Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States: 1929 ‐ 1933, Remarks at Ponce, Porto Rico.''
John Woolley and Gerhard Peters. The American Presidency Project. University of California at Santa Barbara. Retrieved 28 June 2009.
Death and legacy
Fagot died on 28 January 1946.
See also
*Ponce, Puerto Rico
Ponce (, , , ) is both a city and a municipality on the southern coast of Puerto Rico. The city is the seat of the municipal government.
Ponce, Puerto Rico's most populated city outside the San Juan metropolitan area, was founded on 12 August 1 ...
* List of Puerto Ricans
References
Further reading
* Fay Fowlie de Flores. ''Ponce, Perla del Sur: Una Bibliográfica Anotada.'' Second Edition. 1997. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce. p. 332. Item 1656.
* Municipio de Ponce. ''Exposicion publica a los contribuyentes y a todos los vecinos de la Ciudad de Ponce, sobre la situación económica del Municipio y sobre el estado general de todas sus dependencias y servicios, al terminar su gestión administrativa el Alcalde saliente don Guillermo Vivas Valdivieso, en enero 14 de 1929, fecha en que se hicieron cargo de la administración municipal los actuales funcionarios electos por la voluntad soberana del pueblo.'' San Juan, Puerto Rico: Cantero, Fernandez & Co. 1929. (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico)
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Mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico
1946 deaths
1883 births
20th-century American politicians