Juan José Cartagena

Juan José Cartagena
Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
In office
1876–1879
Preceded by Pedro Rosaly
Succeeded by Lucas Jiménez
In office
1881–1881
Preceded by José Mileris
Succeeded by Andrés Caparrós y García
Personal details
Profession politician

Juan José Cartagena (ca. 1815 - ca. 1895) was Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico from 1876 to 1879 and again in 1881.[1] He is best remembered because the construction of Hospital Tricoche occurred under his administration.[2]

Mayoral term

Cartagena was mayor of Ponce from April 1876 to 4 July 1879.[3] On 11 December 1878 Cartagena gave an inaugural speech for the opening of Hospital Tricoche.[4] Cartagena was mayor of Ponce again from February through October 1888.[5] Others accompanying Mayor Cartagena included Dr. Rafael del Valle, Dr. Manuel Pasarell, the journalist Mario Braschi, and Eduardo Neumann Gandía.[6]

Legacy

There is a street in Urbanizacion Las Delicias of Barrio Magueyes in Ponce named after him.

References

  1. ↑ Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. Alcades.
  2. ↑ PONCE, P. R. Postcard Set Handcolored - The 'Tricoche' Hospital at Ponce - Mailed Ponce NOV 21, 1910. Wilbert Pagan Ayala. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
  3. ↑ Socorro Guiron. Ponce, El Teatro La Perla, y la Campana de la Almudaina. Ponce Municipal Government. 1992. Page 169. LOC Card Catalog Number: 85-90989
  4. ↑ Socorro Guiron. Ponce, El Teatro La Perla, y la Campana de la Almudaina. Ponce Municipal Government. 1992. Page 169. LOC Card Catalog Number: 85-90989
  5. ↑ Socorro Guiron. Ponce, El Teatro La Perla, y la Campana de la Almudaina. Ponce Municipal Government. 1992. Page 169. LOC Card Catalog Number: 85-90989
  6. ↑ Socorro Guiron. Ponce, El Teatro La Perla, y la Campana de la Almudaina. Ponce Municipal Government. 1992. Page 169. LOC Card Catalog Number: 85-90989

See also

Political offices
Preceded by
Pedro Rosaly		 Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
1876-1879 		Succeeded by
Lucas Jiménez
Preceded by
José Mileris		 Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
1881-1881 		Succeeded by
Andrés Caparrós y García


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