Juan Enrique Cortada Tirado (1864—1937) was a
Puerto Rican politician, businessman, and landowner. He served as a member of the
Senate of Puerto Rico
The Senate of Puerto Rico ( es, Senado de Puerto Rico) is the upper house of the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico, the territorial legislature of Puerto Rico. The Senate, together with the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico, control th ...
from 1917 to 1920.
Early years and studies
Juan Cortada Tirado was born in 1864 to
Juan Cortada y Quintana
Juan Cortada y Quintana (c. 1820 – 22 August 1889) was a Puerto Rican politician, businessman, and landowner. He served as Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, from 27 September 1872 to 4 February 1874.
Early years
Cortada y Quintana was the so ...
who was the 76th
Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
The Mayor of Ponce is the head of government of Ponce, Puerto Rico. The current mayor is Luis Irizarry Pabón.
Historical background
From 1692 to 1840, the office of mayor in Ponce was filled either by local hacendados or by military officers a ...
and Mercedes Tirado Y Hinsch. He had a younger brother called Eduardo.
Professional career
From an early age, Cortada worked at his father's estate. Some sources say that his father ceded the ownership of the Hacienda Descalabrado to him and his brother in 1871, but never registered it.
In 1887, Cortada was arrested in
Santa Isabel on orders of
General Romualdo Palacios for conspiring against the Spanish Government.
After his release, he and his brother assumed ownership of Hacienda Descalabrado, which then became Central Cortada. In the first years of the 20th Century, Central Cortada became the second largest sugar producer in the island.
Central Cortada: el fin de la producción azucarera
on SantaIsabelPR
Political career
In 1917, Cortada was elected to the first Puerto Rican Senate, representing the District of Ponce for the Republican Party
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.
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
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1864 births
1937 deaths
Members of the Senate of Puerto Rico
Politicians from Ponce