Ulpiano Colóm
Ulpiano Colom | |
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.jpg) Mayor Ulpiano Colóm y Ferrer | |
| Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico | |
| In office 1898–1898 | |
| Preceded by | Luis Gautier |
| Succeeded by | José Lloréns Echevarría |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 April 1861 Ponce, Puerto Rico |
| Profession | Politician |
Ulpiano Colom y Ferrer (b. 3 April 1861 - ca. 1920) was Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, during part of 1898.
Early years
He was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico on 3 April 1861.[1]
Political life
Colom y Ferrer became mayor of Ponce on 8 July 1898. He was the sitting mayor of Ponce at the time when the Americans took possession of the city on July 28, 1898.[2] Upon the American invasion, Colom tendered his resignation, but it was not accepted by the American Major General James H. Wilson, who instead extended Colom's jurisdiction to additional adjacent towns as the American troops advanced.[3]
He was an attorney, a member of the House of Delegates of Puerto Rico, a councilman for the municipality of Ponce, an assistant in the Ponce Fire Department, a director and vice-president of the Banco Crédito y Ahorro Ponceño, and a municipal judge, amongst the various other positions he held.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b Register of Porto Rico for 1903: Prepared and Compiled Under the Direction of the Honorable Charles Hartzell, Secretary of Porto Rico. October 1903. Louis E. Tuzo and Co. 1903. (San Juan, Puerto Rico). Page 220. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
- ^ Las fiestas populares de Ponce By Ramón Marín and Socorro Girón. University of Puerto Rico Press (San Juan, PR). ISBN 0-8477-0189-1. 1994. Page 50.
- ^ Biographical Sketches: Uliano Colom. William H. Hunt. Secretary of Puerto Rico. 27 July 1901. San Juan: San Juan News Press. Register of Porto Rico. Page 60. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
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