Partido Republicano Puertorriqueño (English: Puerto Rican Republican Party) was a political party founded in Puerto Rico on July 4, 1899. The party dissolved in 1924 when it split into two factions, both factions forming alliances with other local parties. It was led by Dr.

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History

The origin of the Partido Republicano Puertorriqueño can be traced to the aftermath of the

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. Once the Spanish–American War came to an end in 1898, Puerto Rico became a territory of the United States. At that point, the former Spanish colonial-era parties that existed in Puerto Rico were forced to redefine themselves given the new political reality created by the change in governments. On July 4, 1899, the dissenting wing of one of such parties, the Partido Autonomista (

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), which had just formed Partido Autonomista Ortodoxo in 1897, founded a party with an ideology of annexation to the United States and called it ''Partido Republicano Puertorriqueño''. This new party favored joining the United States as a federated state and was led by Dr.

. In 1924 Partido Republicano de Puerto Rico split into two factions: one faction joined with the pro-autonomy group Union Party to form the

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(The Alliance), and the other faction formed

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(Pure Republican Party) and joined with the

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to form the pro-statehood bloc called '' Coalición'' (The Coalition). The 1924 split brought Partido Republicano de Puerto Rico to an end.

Alignment

In 1903, the party became an affiliate of the national

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. This affiliation lasted until 1916 when, with the victory of Democratic President

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, the U.S. national party unincorporated the Puerto Rico Republican Party from its national roster. Three years later, in 1919, the party resumed its affiliation to the national party with the prospects of

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victory in the U.S. 1920 Presidential elections. However, Partido Republicano Puertorriqueño has had an ideology of aligning itself with whichever national party would be the party victorious in the presidential elections and, with time, future U.S. Republican administrations showed little interest in Puerto Rico's local Partido Republicano Puertorriqueño.Bolívar Pagán. ''Historia de los Partidos Politicos de Puerto Rico, 1898-1956, Tomo I.'' San Juan, Puerto Rico: Librería Campos. 1959. p. 114.

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References

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History

Alignment

Party chairpersons

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