List of mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico

Mayor Maria Melendez ("Mayita"), current mayor of Ponce

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This is a list of mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico's southern economic center, the island's second largest[1] and second most important city.[2]

Ponce's first mayor was Don Pedro Sánchez de Mathos, in 1692.[lower-alpha 1] Ponce elected its first mayor (as well as its first Municipal Assembly) on 20 September 1812.[3] Its first elected mayor was José Ortiz de la Renta, who took office in 1812. Ortiz de la Renta occupied the post of mayor on eight different occasions between 1812 and 1846.

The current mayor of Ponce is María "Mayita" Meléndez Altieri, from the New Progressive Party, elected in 2008. She became the first woman elected to the office of mayor by the people of Ponce in its extensive political history. She is also the first mayor of a party other than the Popular Democratic Party in Ponce since 1989, when Rafael "Churumba" Cordero Santiago won the elections and took the oath of office that same year.

18th century

Source: Puerto Rico Encyclopedia[4] and Neysa Rodriguez Deynes.[5]

# Name In Office Political Party
1Don Pedro Sánchez de Mathos1692Teniente a Guerra[6]
2Don Dámaso de Toro1701Teniente a Guerra[7]
3Don Aurelio Juan Ramírez de Arellano1706Teniente a Guerra[8]
4Don Joseph de Toro1710Teniente a Guerra[9]
5Francisco Ortíz de la Renta1766Teniente a Guerra[10]

19th century

Source: Government of the Municipality of Ponce[11] and Neysa Rodriguez Deynes.[12]

# Name In Office Political Party
6Don José Benítez1800Teniente a Guerra[13]
7José Ortíz de la Renta1812 – 1814 
8José de Toro1814 
9José Ortíz de la Renta1815 
10Alejandro Ordóñez1816 – 1819 
11Juan Dávila1819 
12Francisco Vasallo1820 
13Joaquín Martínez1820 
14José de Toro1820 
15José Ortíz de la Renta1820 – 1822 
16José Casimiro Ortíz de la Renta1821 
17Joaquín Tellechea1821 
18José Casimiro Ortíz de la Renta1821 
19José Molina1822 
20José Mercado1822 
21José Ortíz de la Renta1823 – 1826 
22Tomás Pérez Guerra1826 
23Julián Villodas1827 – 1835 
24Tomás de Renovales1831 
25Francisco Vasallo1832 
26Antonio Toro1833 
27Antonio Albizu1836 
28Juan de Dios Conde1836 
29José Ortíz de la Renta1837 
30Patricio Colón1838 
31Juan de Dios Conde1839 
32Salvador de Vives1 January 1840 – 1 January 1842 
33José Ortíz de la Renta1842 
34Juan Rondón1843 
35José Ortíz de la Renta1843 
36Bonifacio Martinez de Banos1844 
37Salvador de Vives1844 – 24 November 1845 
38Antonio Corro25 November 1845 – 30 November(?) 1845 
39José Zaldo1 December(?) 1845 – 31 December 1845 
40Antonio Corro1 January 1846 – 31 March 1846 
41José Ortíz de la Renta1 April 1846 – 30 June 1846 
42José de Jesús Fernández1 July 1846 – 31 December 1846 
43David Laporte1 January 1847 – 
44Francisco Romero1847 
45Juan Lacot1848 
46José María Quesada1848 
47Juan Prats1849 
48Esteban Vidal1849 
49Juan Prats1849 
50Flavius Dede1 January 1850 – 31 March 1850 
51Coronel Antonio Fortún[14]1 April 1850 – 8 January 1851 
52Manuel Cedeño de Poveda9 January 1851 – 23 April 1851 
53Guillermo Neumann23 April 1851 – 30 September 1851 
54Coronel Vicente Julbe1 January 1852 – 14 February 1854 
55Julio Duboc14 February 1854 – 24 July 1854 
56Escolástico Fuentes14 February 1854 – 24 July 1854 
57Pablo Manfredi14 February 1854 – 24 July 1854 
58José Benito Paz Falcón14 February 1854 – 24 July 1854 
59Antonio E. Molina14 February 1854 – 24 July 1854 
60Coronel Félix O'Neill24 July 1854 – 31 August 1856 
61Pedro Juan Capó1 September 1856 – 31 December 1856 
62Hilarión Pérez Guerra1 January 1857 – 11 July 1863 
63Coronel Luis de Quixano y Font11 July 1863 – 23 June 1865 
64Francisco Olazarra24 June 1865 – 
65Francisco Carreras1866 
66Francisco Romero1866 
67Carlos Cabrera1866 
68Coronel Enrique O'Neil1866 – 1867 
69Demetrio Santaella1867 – 1868 
70Coronel Elicio Berriz1869 – 1870 
71Vicente Pérez Valdivieso1870 
72Miguel Arribas1871 
73Coronel Elicio Berriz1872 - 1872 
74Francisco Arce y Romero1872 
75Alejandro Albizu1872 
76Juan Cortada y Quintana1872 – 1874 
77Pedro Rosaly1874 
78Rafael León y García1874 
79Coronel Serafín Donderis1875 
80Juan José Cartagena1 April 1876 – 4 July 1879 
81Coronel Lucas Jiménez1879 – 1880 
82Coronel José Mileris1880 – 1881 
83Juan José Cartagena1 February 1881 – 1 October 1881 
84Andrés Caparrós y García1881 – 1882 
85Maximo de Meana y Guridi[15]1882 – 1884 
86Rafael de Zárate y Sequera1884 – 1886 
87Ramón Elices Montes10 July 1886 – 1887 
88Ermelindo Salazar[16]1886 
89Fernando Díaz de Ulzurrum y Somellera1887 – 1888 
90Juan de Ponte1888 
91Vicente de Solivares y Miera1888 – 1889 
92Miguel Rosich y Mass8 May 1889 – 31 March 1890 
93Carlos Eusebio de Ayo1890 – 1893 
94José de Nonvilas de Vilar1893 – 1894 
95Eduardo Armstrong1894 – 3 May 1895 
96Félix Saurí y Vivas11 May 1895 – 11 July 1895 
97Juan José Potous12 July 1885 – 10 May 1896 
98Comandante Luis Alvarado1896 – 1897 
99Miguel Rosich y Mass1897 
100Luis Gautier1897 – 20 June 1898 
101Ulpiano Colóm20 June 1898 - 1898 
102José Lloréns Echevarría1898 - 11 November 1898 
103Luis Porrata Doria11 November 1898 – 12 September 1899 
104Major Albert L. Myer12 September 1899 - 1899 

20th century

# Name In Office Political Party
105 Pedro Juan Rosaly 23 December 1900 – 28 February 1901
106 José de Guzmán Benítez 28 February 1901 – 1902
107 Enrique Chevalier[17] 1902 Union[18]
108 Antonio Arias 1903
109 Manuel V. Domenech 1904
110 Luis P. Valdivieso 1905 Republican[19]
111 Santiago Oppenheimer 1906
112 Simón Moret Gallart 1907 – 2 January 1915 Union[20]
113 Rafael Rivera Esbrí 2 January 1915 – 2 January 1917 Union[21]
114 Luis Yordán Dávila 2 January 1917 – 1918 Union[22]
115 Rodulfo del Valle 1918 – 2 January 1921 Union[23]
116 Francisco Parra Capó 2 January 1921 – 2 January 1923 Popular ("El Ligao")[24]
117 Abelardo Aguilú, Jr. 2 January 1924 – 1925 Popular ("El Ligao")[25]
118 Guillermo Vivas Valdivieso 1925 – 2 January 1928 Alianza[26]
119 Emilio Fagot 2 January 1929 – 2 January 1933
120 Blas Oliveras 2 January 1933 – 2 January 1937
121 José Tormos Diego 2 January 1937 – 2 January 1941
122 Andrés Grillasca Salas[27] 2 January 1941 – 1956 PPD[28][29]
123 José Dapena Laguna[30] 1956 – 2 January 1957 PPD[31]
124 Carlos Juan Cintrón 2 January 1957 – 2 January 1961 PPD[32]
125 Juan Luis Boscio 2 January 1961 – 2 January 1965 PPD[33]
126 Eduardo Ruberté Bisó 2 January 1965 – 2 January 1969 PPD[34]
127 Juan H. Cintrón García 2 January 1969 – 2 January 1973[35] PNP[36]
128 Luis A. Morales 2 January 1973 – 2 January 1977 PPD[37]
129 José G. Tormos Vega[38] 2 January 1977 – 22 February 1984 PNP[39]
130 José Dapena Thompson[40] 22 February 1984 – 1987 PNP[41]
131 Iván Ayala Cádiz 1987 – 2 January 1989 PNP[42]
132 Rafael Cordero Santiago 2 January 1989 – 2 January 2000 PPD[43]

21st century

# Name Office Political Party
132 Rafael Cordero Santiago 2 January 2000 – 17 January 2004 PPD[44]
133 Delis Castillo Rivera de Santiago 17 January 2004 – 2 January 2005 PPD[45]
134 Francisco Zayas Seijo 2 January 2005 – 2 January 2009 PPD[46]
135 Maria "Mayita" Meléndez Altieri 2 January 2009 – present PNP[47]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ In 2017, Eli D. Oquendo Rodriguez published the finding of his research about Ponce mayors in the period between 1600 to 1799. He states that Pedro Sanchez de Mathos was, in fact, not the first mayor of Ponce and that he may have been mayor much earlier than the 1692 date usually attributed him. Oquendo Rodriguez states that Ponce had at least three other mayors during this period: Don Pedro Martin Rodriguez Valverde (1683-1692), Don Pedro Rodriguez Guzman (1692-1748), and Don Pedro Rodriguez Pacheco (1748-1752). In addition, Don Phelipe de Santiago Pagan (1680, and 1687-1688) and Don Alberto de Rivera y Quiñones [Capitan a Guerra] (1690-1691) were mayors on an interim basis. See Eli D. Oquendo Rodriguez. De Criadero a Partido: Ojeada de la Historia de los Origenes de Ponce, 1645-1810. First Edition. Lajas, Puerto Rico: Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones del Sur Oeste (CEISO). Editorial Akelarre. 2015. ISBN 1516895487. Pages 102-105.

References

  1. ↑ Long Range Multimodal Transportation Plan: 2032 Puerto Rico Five Transportation Planning Regions. Long Range Transportation Plan. Strategic Planning Office. Puerto Rico Highway and Transportation Authority. Department of Transportation and Public Works. May 2012. p.7.
  2. ↑ Port of the Americas. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Port of the Americas Authority. Archived May 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 8 March 2010.
  3. ↑ Ponce se prepara para celebrar su día mundial. Darisabel Texidor Guadalupe. Primera Hora. 30 August 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  4. ↑ Municipio de Ponce: Alcaldes en su Historia. Puerto Rico Encyclopedia. Fundacion Puertorriquena para las Humanidades. 2018. Acessed 2 May 2018. Archived 23 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
  5. ↑ Neysa Rodriguez Deynes.Brevario sobre la Historia de Ponce. Gobierno Municipal Autonomo de Ponce. Oficina de Cultura y Turismo. 2002. p. 166.
  6. ↑ Neysa Rodriguez Deynes.Brevario sobre la Historia de Ponce. Gobierno Municipal Autonomo de Ponce. Oficina de Cultura y Turismo. 2002. p. 166.
  7. ↑ Neysa Rodriguez Deynes.Brevario sobre la Historia de Ponce. Gobierno Municipal Autonomo de Ponce. Oficina de Cultura y Turismo. 2002. p. 166.
  8. ↑ Neysa Rodriguez Deynes.Brevario sobre la Historia de Ponce. Gobierno Municipal Autonomo de Ponce. Oficina de Cultura y Turismo. 2002. p. 166.
  9. ↑ Neysa Rodriguez Deynes.Brevario sobre la Historia de Ponce. Gobierno Municipal Autonomo de Ponce. Oficina de Cultura y Turismo. 2002. p. 166.
  10. ↑ Neysa Rodriguez Deynes.Brevario sobre la Historia de Ponce. Gobierno Municipal Autonomo de Ponce. Oficina de Cultura y Turismo. 2002. p. 166.
  11. ↑ Municipios – Ponce Archived 24 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 28 June 2009.
  12. ↑ Neysa Rodriguez Deynes.Brevario sobre la Historia de Ponce. Gobierno Municipal Autonomo de Ponce. Oficina de Cultura y Turismo. 2002. p. 166.
  13. ↑ Neysa Rodriguez Deynes.Brevario sobre la Historia de Ponce. Gobierno Municipal Autonomo de Ponce. Oficina de Cultura y Turismo. 2002. p. 166.
  14. ↑ Socorro Girón. Ponce, el Teatro La Perla y La Campana de la Almudaina. Gobierno Municipal de Ponce. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 1992. page 52.
  15. ↑ Adventure Guide to Puerto Rico. Kurt Pitzer and Tara Stevens. ebrary, Inc. Retrieved 28 June 2009.
  16. ↑ Cultural Center Carmen Solá de Pereira. TravelPonce website. Accessed 18 May 2018
  17. ↑ James H. McLeary (1901), "List of Municipal Officers and Employees: Ponce", Register of Porto Rico, San Juan: Press of the San Juan News, pp. 280–298
  18. ↑ Eli D. Oquendo-Rodriguez. Pablo L. Crespo-Vargas, editor. A Orillas del Mar Caribe: Boceto historico de la Playa de Ponce - Desde sus primeros habitantes hasta principios del siglo XX. First edition. June, 2017. Editorial Akelarre. Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones del Sur Oeste de Puerto Rico (CEISCO). Lajas, Puerto Rico. Page 226. ISBN 978-1547284931
  19. ↑ Eli D. Oquendo-Rodriguez. Pablo L. Crespo-Vargas, editor. A Orillas del Mar Caribe: Boceto historico de la Playa de Ponce - Desde sus primeros habitantes hasta principios del siglo XX. First edition. June, 2017. Editorial Akelarre. Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones del Sur Oeste de Puerto Rico (CEISCO). Lajas, Puerto Rico. Page 226. ISBN 978-1547284931
  20. ↑ Guillermo A. Baralt. La Historia de El Nuevo Dia (1909-2000): "Al servicio de mi tierra". Page 82. Fundación El Nuevo Dia. San Juan, Puerto Rico. 2002. ISBN 1-881720-82-9.
  21. ↑ Guillermo A. Baralt. La Historia de El Nuevo Dia (1909-2000): "Al servicio de mi tierra". Page 81. Fundación El Nuevo Dia. San Juan, Puerto Rico. 2002. ISBN 1-881720-82-9.
  22. ↑ Guillermo A. Baralt. La Historia de El Nuevo Dia (1909-2000): "Al servicio de mi tierra". Page 82. Fundación El Nuevo Dia. San Juan, Puerto Rico. 2002. ISBN 1-881720-82-9.
  23. ↑ Guillermo A. Baralt. La Historia de El Nuevo Dia (1909-2000): "Al servicio de mi tierra". Page 82. Fundación El Nuevo Dia. San Juan, Puerto Rico. 2002. ISBN 1-881720-82-9.
  24. ↑ Guillermo A. Baralt. La Historia de El Nuevo Dia (1909-2000): "Al servicio de mi tierra". Page 82. Fundación El Nuevo Dia. San Juan, Puerto Rico. 2002. ISBN 1-881720-82-9.
  25. ↑ Guillermo A. Baralt. La Historia de El Nuevo Dia (1909-2000): "Al servicio de mi tierra". Page 82. Fundación El Nuevo Dia. San Juan, Puerto Rico. 2002. ISBN 1-881720-82-9.
  26. ↑ Guillermo A. Baralt. La Historia de El Nuevo Dia (1909-2000): "Al servicio de mi tierra". Page 83. Fundación El Nuevo Dia. San Juan, Puerto Rico. 2002. ISBN 1-881720-82-9.
  27. ↑ Andrés Grillasca Salas was mayor until May 9, 1956. See Alcaldia de Ponce Cuidad Senorial. Iris Antongiorgi and Gladys E.Tormes Gonzalez, supervisor, Ponce Historical Archive, Ponce, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  28. ↑ El Mundo (newspaper) 19 de Agosto de 1948
  29. ↑ Datos sobre Ponce: Alcaldes de Ponce (1941-2012). Travel-Ponce.com Ponce, Puerto Rico. Accessed 13 July 2017.
  30. ↑ José Dapena Laguna started his mayoral term on November 9, 1956. See Alcaldia de Ponce Cuidad Senorial. Iris Antongiorgi and Gladys E.Tormes Gonzalez, supervisor, Ponce Historical Archive, Ponce, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  31. ↑ Muere el Ex-alcalde Dapena. El Nuevo Dia. September 21, 1991. (In Spanish.) Retrieved 3 May 2010.
  32. ↑ Datos sobre Ponce: Alcaldes de Ponce (1941-2012). Travel-Ponce.com Ponce, Puerto Rico. Accessed 13 July 2017.
  33. ↑ Datos sobre Ponce: Alcaldes de Ponce (1941-2012). Travel-Ponce.com Ponce, Puerto Rico. Accessed 13 July 2017.
  34. ↑ Datos sobre Ponce: Alcaldes de Ponce (1941-2012). Travel-Ponce.com Ponce, Puerto Rico. Accessed 13 July 2017.
  35. ↑ Funcionarios Electos en 1968. 5 July 2011. Accessed 25 May 2018.
  36. ↑ Datos sobre Ponce: Alcaldes de Ponce (1941-2012). Travel-Ponce.com Ponce, Puerto Rico. Accessed 13 July 2017.
  37. ↑ Datos sobre Ponce: Alcaldes de Ponce (1941-2012). Travel-Ponce.com Ponce, Puerto Rico. Accessed 13 July 2017.
  38. ↑ José G. Tormos Vega was mayor until 22 February 1984, when he resigned. See Alcaldia de Ponce Cuidad Senorial. Iris Antongiorgi and Gladys E. Tormes Gonzalez, supervisor, Ponce Historical Archive, Ponce, Puerto Rico. Retrieved October 21, 2011.
  39. ↑ Datos sobre Ponce: Alcaldes de Ponce (1941-2012). Travel-Ponce.com Ponce, Puerto Rico. Accessed 13 July 2017.
  40. ↑ José Dapena Thompson was mayor from February 22, 1984, when he assumed the mayoral role upon the resignation of mayor Jose G. Tormos Vega. He was subsequently elected mayor, a post he held from 2 January 1985, until October 1988 (See Alcaldia de Ponce Cuidad Senorial. Iris Antongiorgi and Gladys E. Tormes Gonzalez, supervisor, Ponce Historical Archive, Ponce, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 21 October 2011.)
  41. ↑ Datos sobre Ponce: Alcaldes de Ponce (1941-2012). Travel-Ponce.com Ponce, Puerto Rico. Accessed 13 July 2017.
  42. ↑ Datos sobre Ponce: Alcaldes de Ponce (1941-2012). Travel-Ponce.com Ponce, Puerto Rico. Accessed 13 July 2017.
  43. ↑ Datos sobre Ponce: Alcaldes de Ponce (1941-2012). Travel-Ponce.com Ponce, Puerto Rico. Accessed 13 July 2017.
  44. ↑ Datos sobre Ponce: Alcaldes de Ponce (1941-2012). Travel-Ponce.com Ponce, Puerto Rico. Accessed 13 July 2017.
  45. ↑ Datos sobre Ponce: Alcaldes de Ponce (1941-2012). Travel-Ponce.com Ponce, Puerto Rico. Accessed 13 July 2017.
  46. ↑ Datos sobre Ponce: Alcaldes de Ponce (1941-2012). Travel-Ponce.com Ponce, Puerto Rico. Accessed 13 July 2017.
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