Luis Yordán Dávila

Luis Leoncio Yordán Dávila[6][7] (12 September 1869 – 29 December 1932) was an attorney and Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, from 1917 to 1918.

Luis Yordán Dávila
Mayor Luis Yordán Dávila
114th Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
In office 1917–1918
Preceded by	Rafael Rivera Esbrí
Succeeded by	Rodulfo del Valle
Personal details
Born	12 September 1869[1] Guayanilla[2] or Ponce, Puerto Rico[3]
Died	29 December 1932[4]
Nationality	Puerto Rican
Spouse(s)	Angela Pasarell Pasarell[5]
Children	Luis Angel, Rafael A., Oriol, Belise, and Jorge A.
Profession	Attorney

Origin

Some sources state Yordan Davila was born in Guayanilla[8] while others state he was born in Ponce.[9] Either way he appears to have been born on 12 September 1869, the son of Ramon Yordan Gonzalez and Cruz Davila Torres.

Family life

Yordán Dávila married Angela Pasarell Pasarell. Their children were Luis Angel Yordan Pasarell, Rafael A. Yordan Pasarell, Oriol Yordan Pasarell, Belise Yordan Pasarell, and Jorge A. Yordan Pasarell.[10]

Career

Yordán Dávila was a member of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico. He was also president of the local chapter of the American Red Cross during World War I. He also presided the committee for the erection of the Luis Munoz Rivera statue on Plaza Las Delicias in Ponce.[11]

In 1905 he was the fiscal commanding officer at the Ponce Firefighters Corps.[12] In 1909 he co-founded the journal La Conciencia Libre (The Free Conscience) in Ponce. From 1910 to 1930 he was a lawyer and public notary. It was during this time that, in 1916, he became mayor of Ponce.[13]

Mayoral work

Yordán Dávila is best known for being one of the main proposers of the bronze statue commemorating prominent poet, journalist, and politician Luis Muñoz Rivera that was eventually built and later (1923) unveiled in the Ponce town square that now bears the name Plaza Muñoz Rivera.[14]

Death

Luis Yordan Davila died on 29 December 1932. Luis Fortuño Janeiro said of him, "Ponce lost one of the factors that most enriched its living."[15]

See also

• List of mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico
• List of Puerto Ricans

References

1. ERM: Familias Pasarell y Tossas. Accessed January 10, 2011.
2. ERM: Familias Pasarell y Tossas. Accessed January 10, 2011.
3. Luis Fortuno Janeiro. Album Historico de Ponce (1692-1963). Page 254. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Imprenta Fortuno. 1963.
4. Luis Fortuno Janeiro. Album Historico de Pocen (1692-1963). Page 254. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Imprenta Fortuno. 1963.
5. Familia Yordan Davila
6. Register of Porto Rico for 1903. By the Hon. Charles Hartzell, secretary of Puerto Rico. October 1903. Page 232. Retrieved April 30, 2010.
7. ERM: Familias Pasarell y Tossas. Accessed January 10, 2011.
8. ERM: Familias Pasarell y Tossas. Accessed January 10, 2011.
9. Luis Fortuno Janeiro. Album Historico de Ponce (1692-1963). Page 254. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Imprenta Fortuno. 1963.
10. ERM: Familias Pasarell y Tossas. Accessed January 10, 2011.
11. Luis Fortuno Janeiro. Album Historico de Ponce (1692-1963). Page 254. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Imprenta Fortuno. 1963.
12. Pablo Ojeda O'Neill, Curator. Museo Parque de Bombas. Second Floor, Historical Records Hall. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 2 March 2011.
13. ERM: Familias Pasarell y Tossas. Accessed January 10, 2011.
14. Ponce: La Capital del Sur de Puerto Rico. Archived 2006-12-02 at the Wayback Machine
15. Luis Fortuno Janeiro. Album Histórico de Ponce (1692-1963). Page 254. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Imprenta Fortuno. 1963.

Further reading

• Fay Fowlie de Flores. Ponce, Perla del Sur: Una Bibliografía Anotada. Second Edition. 1997. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce. p. 216. Item 1109. LCCN 92-75480
• Cayetano Coll y Toste. Boletín Histórico de Puerto Rico. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Cantera Fernandez. 1914–1927. (Colegio Universitario Tecnológico de Ponce, CUTPO).
• Fay Fowlie de Flores. Ponce, Perla del Sur: Una Bibliografía Anotada. Second Edition. 1997. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce. p. 336. Item 1675. LCCN 92-75480
• Ponce. Gobierno Municipal. Informe actividades administrativas y económicas del Municipio de Ponce. (Also titled Informe del Alcalde de la Ciudad de Ponce) Ponce, Puerto Rico: Imprenta El Día. 1917. (Archivo Histórico Municipal de Ponce)