José de Guzmán Benítez

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is de Guzmán and the second or maternal family name is Benítez.
José de Guzmán Benítez
Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
In office
1901–1901
Preceded by Pedro Juan Rosaly
Succeeded by Enrique Chevalier
Personal details
Born 1857
Ponce, Puerto Rico[1]
Died 1921
Nationality Puerto Rican
Profession attorney[2]

José de Guzmán Benítez (1857–1921) was Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico in 1901.

José de Guzmán Benítez is best known for the launching of his 1899 manifesto to the people of Puerto Rico for the creation of a pro-American political party.[3]

He is also remembered from the caricature preserved of his 1900 election win.[4] The election was significant in that it was the first election since the United States invaded the Island in 1898.

References

  1. Neysa Rodriguez Deynes, et al., Brevario sobre la historia de Ponce y sus principales lugares de interes. 1991. Museo de la Historia de Ponce. Secretaria de Arte y Cultura. Government of the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. Ponce, Puerto Rico. p. 62.
  2. Neysa Rodriguez Deynes, et al., Brevario sobre la historia de Ponce y sus principales lugares de interes. 1991. Museo de la Historia de Ponce. Secretaria de Arte y Cultura. Government of the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. Ponce, Puerto Rico. p. 62.
  3. Neysa Rodriguez Deynes, et al., Brevario sobre la historia de Ponce y sus principales lugares de interes. 1991. Museo de la Historia de Ponce. Secretaria de Arte y Cultura. Government of the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. Ponce, Puerto Rico. p. 62.
  4. Univ. of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras. Biblioteca Digital Puertorriqueña. Caricatura Becqueriana. By Mario Brau de Zuzuárregui. c. 1910. See also http://136.145.174.31/u?/Dibujos,247

See also

Political offices
Preceded by
Pedro Juan Rosaly
Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
1901-1901
Succeeded by
Enrique Chevalier


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