Pedro Juan Rosaly Capó (21 April 1862 – 8 March 1912) was Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico from 23 December 1900 until 28 February 1901.Socorro Giron. Ponce, el teatro La Perla y La Campana de la Almudaina. Ponce Municipal Government. 1992. Page 413.

Political career After the elections of 6 November 1900, Rosaly was elected to the Puerto Rico House of Representatives as a representative by the District of Ponce. He joined three other representatives from Ponce and all from the Republican Party: Francisco Parra Capó, Pedro Juan Besosa, Ulpiano R. Colom.Bolivar Pagan. Historia de los Partidos Politicos Puertorriqueños. (1898–1956). Tomo I CAPITULO CUATRO: Se establece el régimen civil. Las elecciones de 1900 y 1902.

Hacendado and homeowner

Pedro Juan Rosaly is best remembered for having a magnificent residence (the Rosaly-Batiz House) built at the corner of Villa and Mendez Vigo streets by renowned architect Manuel V. Domenech and who, four years later, in 1904, himself became mayor of Ponce.United States Department of the Interior. National Park Service. National Register of Historic Places. Nomination Form #86002768. Rosaly Residence (a.k.a., Batiz Residence) September 29, 1986. Page 3.

Banker and businessman Rosaly became the president of Banco de Ponce in the 1940s and established the first branch outside Puerto Rico, in New York City.Ponce, Antiguo Banco de Ponce. Enciclopedia Puerto Rico. 25 January 2010. Accessed 6 February 2019. See also, Ponce: Ciudad Museo, 2001. Gobierno Municipal de Ponce. 2001. In 1901, Rosaly became the first person to be granted a franchise to develop local and long-distance telephone service in Puerto Rico. The business plan, however, did not proceed as it was not approved by the president of the United States.El libro de Puerto Rico: Capítulo X: Comercio, Finanzas y Comunicaciones: Telegraph, Telephone, and Cable Service. Manuel Rodriguez Braschi. (E. Fernandez Garcia, editor. Francis W. Hoadley & Eugenio Astol, editors. San Juan, Puerto Rico: El Libro Azul Publishing Company. 1923.) p. 711. Accessed 29 July 2019.

Death and legacy Rosaly died in Ponce on 8 March 1912 and was buried at Cementerio Católico San Vicente de Paul. In Ponce, there is a public housing development named after him.

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List of Puerto Ricans List of mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico