José María San Martín
Colonel José María San Martín (29 March 1811 – 12 August 1857) was born in Nacaome, Honduras to Colonel Joaquín de San Martín and Joaquina Fugón.[1]
In his childhood, his family moved to Chalatenango. He began to study philosophy at the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala.
In 1832 he became a deputy in the parliament of the Province of El Salvador.
In 1834 he joined the army. Later that year his father Joaquín de San Martín y Ulloa, declared the separation of the province of El Salvador in the Central American Confederation invading José Francisco Morazán Quezada of El Salvador and the troops sent by Joaquín de San Martín y Ulloa, at the Jiboa River,[2] June 1834.
The family of San Martín y Ulloa went into exile in Mexico. After the Central American Confederation in 1840 returned to El Salvador. José María San Martín returned as a lieutenant colonel.
In 1842 he attempted a coup against Francisco Malespín, which failed, José María San Martín was sent to exile in Honduras.
He returned in 1845 to El Salvador. On 16 May 1846, Eugenio Aguilar, appointed him Minister of Finance and War. These offices were held by San Martín until 19 September 1847. In 1850 he was elected to Parliament from 1851 to 1853. From 30 January to 1 February 1852 he was President of El Salvador.
At the end of 1853, he was elected president for an additional two years.
In April 1854 an earthquake caused severe damage in San Salvador. To which the seat of government moved to Cojutepeque and the founding of Nueva San Salvador, Santa Tecla, El Salvador ruled today was built as the capital. On 14 February 1855, he decreed the creation of the department of Chalatenango. Isidro Menéndez instructed applicable laws of El Salvador to begin. Compared with the conservative government of José Rafael Carrera Turcios in Guatemala, behaved peacefully. In the cabinet of his successor in office of President, Rafael Campo, José María San Martín in 1856 was minister of war.
1857 brought the Salvadoran troops who had fought against William Walker Filibusteropiraten a cholera epidemic in broke out in El Salvador, José María San Martín y Ulloa tried with his family to escape to his ranch in San Cristobal in Chalatenango. First his daughters Dolores and Concepcion, died, followed by Jose Maria in anger.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ http://archive.laprensa.com.sv/20040822/opinion/opinion1.asp La Prensa Grafica, 22 August 2004, La distinguida genealogía de los San Martín
- ^ "Water Resources Assessment of El Salvador" (pdf). United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). 1998. http://www.sam.usace.army.mil/en/wra/ElSalvador/El%20Salvador%20WRA%20English.pdf. Retrieved 23 June 2009.
- ^ Asociación para el Fomento de los Estudios Históricos en Centroamérica, Implicaciones político-sociales de la campaña contra los filibusteros en El Salvador: Las acciones de Gerardo Barrios
| Preceded by Francisco Dueñas |
President of El Salvador 1852 (acting) |
Succeeded by Francisco Dueñas |
| Preceded by Vicente Gómez (acting) |
President of El Salvador 1854–1856 |
Succeeded by Francisco Dueñas (acting) |
