José Casimiro Ortíz de la Renta (ca. 1760 – ca. 1830) was
Mayor
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of
Ponce, Puerto Rico
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, during two short periods in 1821.
Background
José Casimiro Ortíz de la Renta was a descendant of the founder of
San Germán, on the hills of Santa Marta, next to
Río Guanajibo
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Flood control project
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, in 1573. Ortíz de la Renta is best remembered as the ''
Sargento Mayor'' (Sergeant major) who, with two
companies
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totaling 293 men, provided guard for the defenses of the city of Ponce during the April 1797
British attack on San Juan.
First mayoral term (January 1821)
José Casimiro Ortíz de la Renta was mayor of Ponce starting on 1 January 1821 and until
Joaquín Tellechea
Joaquín Tellechea was an hacendado and Spanish Army sergeant major who served as the 17th mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, in 1821. Tellechea was a sergeant major and also owned a 90-cuerda sugar cane hacienda in the Los Caños sector in Ponce.
In ...
took over as mayor. During his first mayoral term, Ortiz de la Renta performed as an ''alcalde constitucional''.
Second mayoral term (1821)
José Casimiro Ortíz de la Renta's second (and last) mayoral term in Ponce started upon mayor
Joaquín Tellechea
Joaquín Tellechea was an hacendado and Spanish Army sergeant major who served as the 17th mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, in 1821. Tellechea was a sergeant major and also owned a 90-cuerda sugar cane hacienda in the Los Caños sector in Ponce.
In ...
's resigning from mayor and lasted until 31 December 1821, at which point mayor
José Molina was appointed mayor starting on 1 January 1822.
[Eduardo Neumann Gandía. ''Verdadera y Auténtica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce.'' 1913. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. p. 276.] During his second mayoral term, Ortiz de la Renta performed, again, as ''alcalde constitucional''.
References
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, 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 ...
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Mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico
1760s births
1830s deaths
Year of birth uncertain
Year of death uncertain