Julián H. Villodas was
Mayor
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of
Ponce, Puerto Rico
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, from 1 January 1827 – 31 December 1830. He performed as a ''
teniente a guerra
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''.
Mayoral term
Villodas is best known for serving concurrently as mayor of the nearby town of
Guayama
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for four years (from 1830 to 1833) while he also served as mayor of Ponce. Villodas was a sugar cane plantation owner in the municipality of Guayama, which may explain why he served there as mayor.
There are no Acts in the Municipality of Ponce for the period 1824 to 1834, affecting the period while he was mayor as well, so little more is known about Julián Villodas's mayoral term. However, in April 1835, while Villodas was still mayor of Ponce, the rebuilding of the
Ponce parroquial church was started. Councilmen Geronimo Rabassa, Olegario González and Jose Maria Ramirez made up the building commission.
[Eduardo Neumann Gandia. ''Verdadera y Autentica Historia de Ponce.'' San Juan, Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. 1913. p. 29.]
See also
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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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List of Puerto Ricans
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Mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico
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