José Lloréns Echevarría

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Lloréns and the second or maternal family name is Echevarría.
José Lloréns Echevarría
Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
In office
1898–1898
Preceded by Ulpiano Colóm
Succeeded by Luis Porrata Doria
Personal details
Born Ponce, Puerto Rico
Nationality Puerto Rican
Profession politician
Religion Roman Catholic

José Lloréns Echevarría (ca. 1840 - ca. 1920) was Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico in 1898.[1] He is best remembered for his handling of the prostitution problem in the city as brought up by the political activist and journalist from Ponce, Ramon Mayoral Barnes.[2]

References

  1. Ponce. Puerto Rico Encyclopedia.
  2. Imposing decency: the politics of sexuality and race in Puerto Rico, 1870-1920. Eileen J. Suarez Findley. Duke University Press. 1999. Retrieved 28 December 2011.

See also

Political offices
Preceded by
Ulpiano Colóm
Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
1898-1898
Succeeded by
Luis Porrata Doria


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