José Casimiro Ortíz de la Renta (ca. 1760 – ca. 1830) was Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, during two short periods in 1821.

Background

José Casimiro Ortíz de la Renta was a descendant of the founder of San Germán, on the hills of Santa Marta, next to

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, in 1573. Ortíz de la Renta is best remembered as the '' Sargento Mayor'' (Sergeant major) who, with two companies totaling 293 men, provided guard for the defenses of the city of Ponce during the April 1797 British attack on San Juan.

First mayoral term (January 1821)

José Casimiro Ortíz de la Renta was mayor of Ponce starting on 1 January 1821 and until

Joaquín Tellechea Joaquín Tellechea was an hacendado and Spanish Army sergeant major who served as the 17th mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, in 1821. Tellechea was a sergeant major and also owned a 90-cuerda sugar cane hacienda in the Los Caños sector in Ponce. Int ...

took over as mayor. During his first mayoral term, Ortiz de la Renta performed as an ''alcalde constitucional''.

Second mayoral term (1821)

José Casimiro Ortíz de la Renta's second (and last) mayoral term in Ponce started upon mayor

's resigning from mayor and lasted until 31 December 1821, at which point mayor José Molina was appointed mayor starting on 1 January 1822.Eduardo Neumann Gandía. ''Verdadera y Auténtica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce.'' 1913. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. p. 276. During his second mayoral term, Ortiz de la Renta performed, again, as ''alcalde constitucional''.

Background

First mayoral term (January 1821)

Second mayoral term (1821)

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