José Ortiz de la Renta
José Ortiz de la Renta | |
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José Ortiz de la Renta | |
7th Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico | |
In office 1812–1814 | |
Preceded by | José Benítez |
Succeeded by | José de Toro |
9th Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico | |
In office 1815–1816 | |
Preceded by | José de Toro |
Succeeded by | Alejandro Ordóñez |
15th Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico | |
In office 1820–1821 | |
Preceded by | José de Toro |
Succeeded by | José Casimiro Ortiz de la Renta |
21st Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico | |
In office 1823–1826 | |
Preceded by | José Mercado |
Succeeded by | Tomás Pérez Guerra |
29th Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico | |
In office 1837–1838 | |
Preceded by | Juan de Dios Conde |
Succeeded by | Patricio Colón |
33rd Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico | |
In office 1842–1843 | |
Preceded by | Salvados de Vives |
Succeeded by | Juan Rondón |
35th Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico | |
In office 1843–1844 | |
Preceded by | Juan Rondón |
Succeeded by | Salvador de Vives |
41st Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico | |
In office 1846–1846 | |
Preceded by | Antonio Corro |
Succeeded by | José de Jesús Fernández |
Personal details | |
Born |
Ponce, Puerto Rico ca. 1765 |
Died |
Ponce, Puerto Rico ca. 1850 |
Spouse(s) | Estefanía Ortiz de Matos[1] |
Profession | politician |
José Ortiz de la Renta (ca. 1765 - ca. 1850) was Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, from 1812 to 1814, from 1815 to 1816, from 1820 to 1821, from 1823 to 1826, from 1837 to 1838, from 1842 to 1843, from 1843 to 1844, and 1846. He has the distinction of having held the office of mayor of Ponce the most—eight times. As Ponce has had a municipal council since 1812,[2] Mayor Ortiz de la Renta was the first mayor of Ponce with a legislative council.
José Ortiz de la Renta was the first constitutional mayor elected by popular vote, in 1812,[3] as a result of the Constitución de Cádiz (Cádiz Constitution).
Honors
Ortiz de la Renta is honored at Ponce's Park of Illustrious Ponce Citizens. Of over 100 Ponce mayors, only six are honored there.[4] In Ponce there is a street in Urbanizacion Las Delicias of Barrio Magueyes named after him.
See also
References
- ↑ Eli D. Oquendo Rodríguez. 1800-1885: Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe: Historia de la Parroquia de Ponce durante el Siglo XIX. Pablo L. Crespo Vargas, editor. Lajas, Puerto Rico: Editorial Akelarre. Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones del Sur Oeste. First Edition. 2016. ISBN 1523888709. p. 25.
- ↑ Register of Porto Rico for 1903: Prepared and Compiled Under the Direction of the Honorable Charles Hartzell, Secretary of Porto Rico. October 1903. Press of Louis E. Tuzo and Co. 1903. (San Juan, Puerto Rico). Page 196.
- ↑ First Constitutional Mayor
- ↑ Politics. TravelPonce. Retrieved 18 June 2012.