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Francisco Parra Capó (20 December 1871 – ca. 1945) was a Puerto Rican attorney, politician, and
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, from 1921 to 1923.


Early years

Francisco Parra Capó was born in Ponce in 1867, the son of Francisco Parra Duperón and Eufemia Constanza Capó Ortiz de la Renta Bermudas.


Professional life

In 1900 he was elected to the Puerto Rico House of Delegates for the district of Ponce and served until the end of his term in 1902. In 1919, he worked as the ''Archivero General'' (Archivist-in-Chief) for the Ponce District. He became an attorney and joined his father's law firm in Ponce. The law firm, known as ''Parra, del Valle & Limeres'', operated until 2016 from the Banco de Ponce Building. At the time of its closing, it was the oldest law firm in Puerto Rico. As an attorney, Parra Capó subsequently worked as a military aid to governor
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in the mid to late 1930s with his nephew Francisco Parra Toro. Parra Capó was president of the Ponce Municipal Assembly when the
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took place on March 21, 1937.


See also

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Further reading

* Fay Fowlie de Flores. ''Ponce, Perla del Sur: Una Bibliográfica Anotada.'' Second Edition. 1997. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce. p. 216. Item 1109. * Cayetano Coll y Toste. ''Boletín Histórico de Puerto Rico.'' San Juan, Puerto Rico: Cantera Fernandez. 1914–1927. (Colegio Universitario Tecnológico de Ponce, CUTPO). * Fay Fowlie de Flores. ''Ponce, Perla del Sur: Una Bibliográfica Anotada.'' Second Edition. 1997. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce. p. 109. Item 560. * ''The Representative Men of Puerto Rico.'' Compiled and edited by F.E. Jackson & Son. C. Frederiksen, artist and photographer. s.l.: F.E. Jackson & Son. 1901. (PUCPR; Universidad Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras, UPR). * Fay Fowlie de Flores. ''Ponce, Perla del Sur: Una Bibliográfica Anotada.'' Second Edition. 1997. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce. p. 116. Item 589. * Felix Bernier Matos. ''Cromos ponceños.'' (por Fray Justo) Ponce, Puerto Rico: Imprenta "La Libertad." 1896. (Colegio Universitario Tecnológico de Ponce, CUTPO) * Fay Fowlie de Flores. ''Ponce, Perla del Sur: Una Bibliografía Anotada.'' Second Edition. 1997. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce. p. 338. Item 1684. * Jose Joaquin Rodriguez. "Partido Socialista y el Ligao de Ponce." ''Punto y Coma.'' Año 2 (1990) pp. 21–24. (Colegio Universitario Tecnológico de Ponce, CUTPO) 1871 births Puerto Rican lawyers Mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico Republican Party (Puerto Rico) politicians Lawyers from Ponce Year of death missing 19th-century Puerto Rican people 20th-century mayors of places in Puerto Rico {{PuertoRico-politician-stub