José de Jesús Fernández (a.k.a. José Jesús Fernández) (ca. 1786 – ca. 1866) was
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 July 1846 to 31 December 1846. He led the municipality under
Spain
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's new ''Decreto Orgánico de 1846.''
Mayoral term
De Jesús Fernández was the first mayor in Ponce to command power under the new ''Decreto Orgánico de 1846'' (1846 Organic Decree). Decreto Orgánico de 1846 had been had been approved on 8 January 1845, and enacted on 27 February 1846 and went in effect on 1 July 1846, the first day that De Jesús Fernández took office. This new Law for Municipalities allowed for increased centralization of public administration and greater political control over municipalities.
The municipal system resulting from ''Decreto Orgánico de 1846'' produced the following local arrangement:
[Emilio J. Pasarell. ''Esculcando el Siglo XIX en Puerto Rico.'' Barcelona: M. Pareja. 1967. p.22.]
* Mayor: José de Jesús Fernández
* Deputy mayor:
Julio Duboc
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* 1st mayor: Juan Mandry
* 2nd mayor:
Flavius Dede
* 3rd mayor: Jaime Guilbee
* 4th mayor:
Pablo Manfredi
Pablo Manfredi (c. 1800 – c. 1860) was one of five interim mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico, during the period of 14 February 1854 to 24 July 1854. The other four interim mayors during that six-month period were Julio Duboc, Escolástico Fuentes ...
* 5th mayor: Juan Van Ryhn
* 6th mayor: Mariano León
* 7th mayor: Ignacio Tirado
* 8th mayor:
Carlos Vives
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* 9th mayor: Jaime Piris
* 10th mayor: Ruperto Aponte
* 11th mayor: Antonio Pereyra Brandao
* 12th mayor: Irene Ortíz
* 13th mayor: José Glivau
* 1st mayor: José de la Rocha
* 2nd mayor:
Antonio Albizu
Antonio Albizu (ca. 1776 – ca. 1856) was Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, from 1 January 1836 to sometime later in 1836, when Juan de Dios Conde took over the mayoral administration.
Background
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See also
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List of Puerto Ricans
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List of mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico
This is a list of mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico's southern economic center, the island's second largest and second most important city.
From 1692 to 1840, the office of mayor in Ponce was filled either by local hacendados or by military office ...
Notes
References
Further reading
* Ramón Marín. ''Las Fiestas Populares de Ponce.'' Editorial Universidad de Puerto Rico. 1994.
External links
Guardia Civil española (c. 1898) (Includes military ranks in 1880s Spanish Empire.)
Mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico
1780s births
1860s deaths
Year of death uncertain
Year of birth uncertain
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