José de Jesús Fernández

José de Jesús Fernández[lower-alpha 1] (a.k.a. José Jesús Fernández[3]) (ca. 1786 – ca. 1866) was Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, from 1 July 1846[4] to 31 December 1846.[5] He led the municipality under Spain's new Decreto Orgánico de 1846.

José de Jesús Fernández
42nd Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
In office
1 July 1846[1] – 31 December 1846[2]
Preceded byJosé Ortíz de la Renta
Succeeded byDavid Laporte
Personal details
Bornca. 1786
Diedca. 1866
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is De Jesús and the second or maternal family name is Fernández.

Mayoral term

De Jesús Fernández was the first mayor in Ponce to command power under the new Decreto Orgánico de 1846 (1846 Organic Decree). Decreto Orgánico de 1846 had been had been approved on 8 January 1845, and enacted on 27 February 1846 and went in effect on 1 July 1846, the first day that De Jesús Fernández took office.[6] This new Law for Municipalities allowed for increased centralization of public administration and greater political control over municipalities.

The municipal system resulting from Decreto Orgánico de 1846 produced the following local arrangement:[7]

  • Mayor: José de Jesús Fernández
  • Deputy mayor: Julio Dubocq
  • 1st mayor: Juan Mandry
  • 2nd mayor: Flavius Dede
  • 3rd mayor: Jaime Guilbee
  • 4th mayor: Pablo Manfredi
  • 5th mayor: Juan Van Ryhn
  • 6th mayor: Mariano León
  • 7th mayor: Ignacio Tirado
  • 8th mayor: Carlos Vives
  • 9th mayor: Jaime Piris
  • 10th mayor: Ruperto Aponte
  • 11th mayor: Antonio Pereyra Brandao
  • 12th mayor: Irene Ortíz
  • 13th mayor: José Glivau
  • 1st mayor: José de la Rocha
  • 2nd mayor: Antonio Albizu

See also

Notes
  1. While this name could be interpreted as First Name is "José de Jesús", and Last Name is "Fernández", Enciclopedia Puerto Rico spells the name of this mayor leaving no ambiguity that his paternal surname is "De Jesus" and his maternal surname is "Fernandez"

References
  1. Socorro Girón. Ponce, el teatro La Perla y La Campana de la Almudaina. Ponce Municipal Government. 1992. page 31.
  2. Socorro Girón. Ponce, el teatro La Perla y La Campana de la Almudaina. Ponce Municipal Government. 1992. page 31.
  3. Emilio J. Pasarell. Esculcando el Siglo XIX en Puerto Rico. Barcelona: M. Pareja. 1967. p.22.
  4. Socorro Girón. Ponce, el teatro La Perla y La Campana de la Almudaina. Ponce Municipal Government. 1992. page 31.
  5. Socorro Girón. Ponce, el teatro La Perla y La Campana de la Almudaina. Ponce Municipal Government. 1992. page 31.
  6. Emilio J. Pasarell. Esculcando el Siglo XIX en Puerto Rico. Barcelona: M. Pareja. 1967. p.22.
  7. Emilio J. Pasarell. Esculcando el Siglo XIX en Puerto Rico. Barcelona: M. Pareja. 1967. p.22.

Further reading
  • Ramón Marín. Las Fiestas Populares de Ponce. Editorial Universidad de Puerto Rico. 1994.
Political offices
Preceded by
José Ortíz de la Renta		 Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
1 July 1846 - 31 December 1846		 Succeeded by
David Laporte


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