Ulpiano Colóm

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Ulpiano Colóm
Mayor Ulpiano Colóm y Ferrer
101st Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
In office
8 July 1898 – 1898
Preceded byLuis Gautier
Succeeded byJosé Lloréns Echevarría
Personal details
Born3 April 1861
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Died13 February 1906
Banker, Politician

Ricardo Ulpiano Colóm y Ferrer

Spanish Crown's "Decreto Autonómico para Puerto Rico", whereby Puerto Rico was granted autonomy by Spain.[4]

Early years

He was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico on 3 April 1861.[5] His parents were José Colom and Belen Ferrer.[6]

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, among the various other positions he held.[7]

Mayoral term

Colóm 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 28 July 1898.

American invasion, Colom tendered his resignation, but it was not accepted by the American Major General James H. Wilson, who instead extended Colóm's jurisdiction to additional adjacent towns as the American troops advanced.[9]

Death and legacy

Colom Ferrer died in Ponce on 13 February 1906 as a result of an "ataque de angina de pecho" (

Barrio Magueyes
named after him.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ According to Eduardo Neumann Gandia, the spelling of Ulpiano Colóm's last name (Colóm) does have a diacritical mark over the second "o" of "Colóm". See Eduardo Neumann Gandia. Verdadera y Auténtica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. (San Juan, Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. 1913.) Page 52. Accessed 14 June 2018.

References

  1. ^ Puerto Rico, Civil Registrations, 1885-2001. Registro Civil, 1836–2001. Digital images. Departamento de Salud de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Accessed 7 February 2019.
  2. ^ Puerto Rico, Civil Registrations, 1885-2001 for R Ulpiano Colon Y Ferrer: Defunciones (Deaths), Ponce, Defunciones 1903-1906, t. 52-59. Accessed 7 February 2019.
  3. ^ Puerto Rico, Civil Registrations, 1885-2001. Acta de Defunción de R. Ulpiano Colom y Ferrer. Registro Civil, 1836–2001. Digital images. Departamento de Salud de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Accessed 7 February 2019.
  4. LCCN 85-207338
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Puerto Rico, Civil Registrations, 1885-2001. Registro Civil, 1836–2001. Digital images. Pages 066, Folio 155. Departamento de Salud de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Accessed 7 February 2019.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ISBN 0-8477-0189-1
    . 1994. p. 50.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Puerto Rico, Civil Registrations, 1885-2001. Registro Civil, 1836–2001. Digital images. Departamento de Salud de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Accessed 7 February 2019.
  11. ^ Puerto Rico, Civil Registrations, 1885-2001 for R Ulpiano Colon Y Ferrer: Defunciones (Deaths), Ponce, Defunciones 1903-1906, t. 52-59. Accessed 7 February 2019.

Further reading

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Preceded by Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
8 July 1898–1898 		Succeeded by
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