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José Lloréns Echevarría
José Lloréns Echevarría (1843 – 8 July 1920) was Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, for three days, from 8 November 1898 to 10 November 1898. Early years Lloréns Echevarría was the son of José Lloréns Robles and Severiana Echevarría Quintero. He was director of the paper ''El Autonomista''. Mayoral term Due to the American Government centralizing the insular government in San Juan after the invasion of the Island, the American military governor of Puerto Rico at the time, Major General Guy Vernon Henry, not trusting his loyalty to the new American government in Puerto Rico, removed Lloréns Echevarría as mayor of Ponce and installed Luis Porrata Doria on 11 November 1898. Upon the governor's pronunciation a large number of Municipal Council members resigned their posts: José Lloréns Echevarría himself, Ulpiano Colom, Pedro J. Rosaly, Lucas P. Valdivieso, Antonio Morales, Baudilio Rabbaine, ''don'' Perez, Pedro J. Fournier, Antonio Arias, Emilio Cortada, Eugeni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulpiano Colóm
Ricardo Ulpiano Colom y Ferrer (3 April 1861 – 13 February 1906) was Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, during part of 1898. He was the second of two mayors to lead the municipality of Ponce under the Spanish Crown's "Decreto Autonómico para Puerto Rico", whereby Puerto Rico was granted autonomy by Spain. Early years He was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico on 3 April 1861. His parents were José Colom and Belen Ferrer. He was an attorney, a member of the House of Delegates of Puerto Rico, a councilman for the municipality of Ponce, an assistant in the Ponce Fire Department, a director and vice-president of the Banco Crédito y Ahorro Ponceño, and a municipal judge, among the various other positions he held. Mayoral term Colom y Ferrer became mayor of Ponce on 8 July 1898. He was the sitting mayor of Ponce at the time when the Americans took possession of the city on 28 July 1898. Upon the American invasion, Colom tendered his resignation, but it was not accepted by the American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |