List of mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico
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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 |
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1 | Don Pedro Sánchez de Mathos | 1692 | Teniente a Guerra[6] |
2 | Don Dámaso de Toro | 1701 | Teniente a Guerra[7] |
3 | Don Aurelio Juan Ramírez de Arellano | 1706 | Teniente a Guerra[8] |
4 | Don Joseph de Toro | 1710 | Teniente a Guerra[9] |
5 | Francisco Ortíz de la Renta | 1766 | Teniente a Guerra[10] |
19th century
Source: Government of the Municipality of Ponce[11] and Neysa Rodriguez Deynes.[12]
# | Name | In Office | Political Party |
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6 | Don José Benítez | 1800 | Teniente a Guerra[13] |
7 | José Ortíz de la Renta | 1812 – 1814 | |
8 | José de Toro | 1814 | |
9 | José Ortíz de la Renta | 1815 | |
10 | Alejandro Ordóñez | 1816 – 1819 | |
11 | Juan Dávila | 1819 | |
12 | Francisco Vasallo | 1820 | |
13 | Joaquín Martínez | 1820 | |
14 | José de Toro | 1820 | |
15 | José Ortíz de la Renta | 1820 – 1822 | |
16 | José Casimiro Ortíz de la Renta | 1821 | |
17 | Joaquín Tellechea | 1821 | |
18 | José Casimiro Ortíz de la Renta | 1821 | |
19 | José Molina | 1822 | |
20 | José Mercado | 1822 | |
21 | José Ortíz de la Renta | 1823 – 1826 | |
22 | Tomás Pérez Guerra | 1826 | |
23 | Julián Villodas | 1827 – 1835 | |
24 | Tomás de Renovales | 1831 | |
25 | Francisco Vasallo | 1832 | |
26 | Antonio Toro | 1833 | |
27 | Antonio Albizu | 1836 | |
28 | Juan de Dios Conde | 1836 | |
29 | José Ortíz de la Renta | 1837 | |
30 | Patricio Colón | 1838 | |
31 | Juan de Dios Conde | 1839 | |
32 | Salvador de Vives | 1 January 1840 – 1 January 1842 | |
33 | José Ortíz de la Renta | 1842 | |
34 | Juan Rondón | 1843 | |
35 | José Ortíz de la Renta | 1843 | |
36 | Bonifacio Martinez de Banos | 1844 | |
37 | Salvador de Vives | 1844 – 24 November 1845 | |
38 | Antonio Corro | 25 November 1845 – 30 November(?) 1845 | |
39 | José Zaldo | 1 December(?) 1845 – 31 December 1845 | |
40 | Antonio Corro | 1 January 1846 – 31 March 1846 | |
41 | José Ortíz de la Renta | 1 April 1846 – 30 June 1846 | |
42 | José de Jesús Fernández | 1 July 1846 – 31 December 1846 | |
43 | David Laporte | 1 January 1847 – | |
44 | Francisco Romero | 1847 | |
45 | Juan Lacot | 1848 | |
46 | José María Quesada | 1848 | |
47 | Juan Prats | 1849 | |
48 | Esteban Vidal | 1849 | |
49 | Juan Prats | 1849 | |
50 | Flavius Dede | 1 January 1850 – 31 March 1850 | |
51 | Coronel Antonio Fortún[14] | 1 April 1850 – 8 January 1851 | |
52 | Manuel Cedeño de Poveda | 9 January 1851 – 23 April 1851 | |
53 | Guillermo Neumann | 23 April 1851 – 30 September 1851 | |
54 | Coronel Vicente Julbe | 1 January 1852 – 14 February 1854 | |
55 | Julio Duboc | 14 February 1854 – 24 July 1854 | |
56 | Escolástico Fuentes | 14 February 1854 – 24 July 1854 | |
57 | Pablo Manfredi | 14 February 1854 – 24 July 1854 | |
58 | José Benito Paz Falcón | 14 February 1854 – 24 July 1854 | |
59 | Antonio E. Molina | 14 February 1854 – 24 July 1854 | |
60 | Coronel Félix O'Neill | 24 July 1854 – 31 August 1856 | |
61 | Pedro Juan Capó | 1 September 1856 – 31 December 1856 | |
62 | Hilarión Pérez Guerra | 1 January 1857 – 11 July 1863 | |
63 | Coronel Luis de Quixano y Font | 11 July 1863 – 23 June 1865 | |
64 | Francisco Olazarra | 24 June 1865 – | |
65 | Francisco Carreras | 1866 | |
66 | Francisco Romero | 1866 | |
67 | Carlos Cabrera | 1866 | |
68 | Coronel Enrique O'Neil | 1866 – 1867 | |
69 | Demetrio Santaella | 1867 – 1868 | |
70 | Coronel Elicio Berriz | 1869 – 1870 | |
71 | Vicente Pérez Valdivieso | 1870 | |
72 | Miguel Arribas | 1871 | |
73 | Coronel Elicio Berriz | 1872 - 1872 | |
74 | Francisco Arce y Romero | 1872 | |
75 | Alejandro Albizu | 1872 | |
76 | Juan Cortada y Quintana | 1872 – 1874 | |
77 | Pedro Rosaly | 1874 | |
78 | Rafael León y García | 1874 | |
79 | Coronel Serafín Donderis | 1875 | |
80 | Juan José Cartagena | 1 April 1876 – 4 July 1879 | |
81 | Coronel Lucas Jiménez | 1879 – 1880 | |
82 | Coronel José Mileris | 1880 – 1881 | |
83 | Juan José Cartagena | 1 February 1881 – 1 October 1881 | |
84 | Andrés Caparrós y García | 1881 – 1882 | |
85 | Maximo de Meana y Guridi[15] | 1882 – 1884 | |
86 | Rafael de Zárate y Sequera | 1884 – 1886 | |
87 | Ramón Elices Montes | 10 July 1886 – 1887 | |
88 | Ermelindo Salazar[16] | 1886 | |
89 | Fernando Díaz de Ulzurrum y Somellera | 1887 – 1888 | |
90 | Juan de Ponte | 1888 | |
91 | Vicente de Solivares y Miera | 1888 – 1889 | |
92 | Miguel Rosich y Mass | 8 May 1889 – 31 March 1890 | |
93 | Carlos Eusebio de Ayo | 1890 – 1893 | |
94 | José de Nonvilas de Vilar | 1893 – 1894 | |
95 | Eduardo Armstrong | 1894 – 3 May 1895 | |
96 | Félix Saurí y Vivas | 11 May 1895 – 11 July 1895 | |
97 | Juan José Potous | 12 July 1885 – 10 May 1896 | |
98 | Comandante Luis Alvarado | 1896 – 1897 | |
99 | Miguel Rosich y Mass | 1897 | |
100 | Luis Gautier | 1897 – 20 June 1898 | |
101 | Ulpiano Colóm | 20 June 1898 - 1898 | |
102 | José Lloréns Echevarría | 1898 - 11 November 1898 | |
103 | Luis Porrata Doria | 11 November 1898 – 12 September 1899 | |
104 | Major Albert L. Myer | 12 September 1899 - 1899 |
20th century
# | Name | In Office | Political Party |
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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 |
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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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Ponce se prepara para celebrar su día mundial. Darisabel Texidor Guadalupe. Primera Hora. 30 August 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Neysa Rodriguez Deynes.Brevario sobre la Historia de Ponce. Gobierno Municipal Autonomo de Ponce. Oficina de Cultura y Turismo. 2002. p. 166.
- ↑ Neysa Rodriguez Deynes.Brevario sobre la Historia de Ponce. Gobierno Municipal Autonomo de Ponce. Oficina de Cultura y Turismo. 2002. p. 166.
- ↑ Neysa Rodriguez Deynes.Brevario sobre la Historia de Ponce. Gobierno Municipal Autonomo de Ponce. Oficina de Cultura y Turismo. 2002. p. 166.
- ↑ Neysa Rodriguez Deynes.Brevario sobre la Historia de Ponce. Gobierno Municipal Autonomo de Ponce. Oficina de Cultura y Turismo. 2002. p. 166.
- ↑ Neysa Rodriguez Deynes.Brevario sobre la Historia de Ponce. Gobierno Municipal Autonomo de Ponce. Oficina de Cultura y Turismo. 2002. p. 166.
- ↑ Neysa Rodriguez Deynes.Brevario sobre la Historia de Ponce. Gobierno Municipal Autonomo de Ponce. Oficina de Cultura y Turismo. 2002. p. 166.
- ↑ Municipios – Ponce Archived 24 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 28 June 2009.
- ↑ Neysa Rodriguez Deynes.Brevario sobre la Historia de Ponce. Gobierno Municipal Autonomo de Ponce. Oficina de Cultura y Turismo. 2002. p. 166.
- ↑ Neysa Rodriguez Deynes.Brevario sobre la Historia de Ponce. Gobierno Municipal Autonomo de Ponce. Oficina de Cultura y Turismo. 2002. p. 166.
- ↑ Socorro Girón. Ponce, el Teatro La Perla y La Campana de la Almudaina. Gobierno Municipal de Ponce. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 1992. page 52.
- ↑ Adventure Guide to Puerto Rico. Kurt Pitzer and Tara Stevens. ebrary, Inc. Retrieved 28 June 2009.
- ↑ Cultural Center Carmen Solá de Pereira. TravelPonce website. Accessed 18 May 2018
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ El Mundo (newspaper) 19 de Agosto de 1948
- ↑ Datos sobre Ponce: Alcaldes de Ponce (1941-2012). Travel-Ponce.com Ponce, Puerto Rico. Accessed 13 July 2017.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Muere el Ex-alcalde Dapena. El Nuevo Dia. September 21, 1991. (In Spanish.) Retrieved 3 May 2010.
- ↑ Datos sobre Ponce: Alcaldes de Ponce (1941-2012). Travel-Ponce.com Ponce, Puerto Rico. Accessed 13 July 2017.
- ↑ Datos sobre Ponce: Alcaldes de Ponce (1941-2012). Travel-Ponce.com Ponce, Puerto Rico. Accessed 13 July 2017.
- ↑ Datos sobre Ponce: Alcaldes de Ponce (1941-2012). Travel-Ponce.com Ponce, Puerto Rico. Accessed 13 July 2017.
- ↑ Funcionarios Electos en 1968. 5 July 2011. Accessed 25 May 2018.
- ↑ Datos sobre Ponce: Alcaldes de Ponce (1941-2012). Travel-Ponce.com Ponce, Puerto Rico. Accessed 13 July 2017.
- ↑ Datos sobre Ponce: Alcaldes de Ponce (1941-2012). Travel-Ponce.com Ponce, Puerto Rico. Accessed 13 July 2017.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Datos sobre Ponce: Alcaldes de Ponce (1941-2012). Travel-Ponce.com Ponce, Puerto Rico. Accessed 13 July 2017.
- ↑ 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.)
- ↑ Datos sobre Ponce: Alcaldes de Ponce (1941-2012). Travel-Ponce.com Ponce, Puerto Rico. Accessed 13 July 2017.
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