Juan de Dios Conde was mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, in 1836 and again in 1839.

Biography Conde was born in Guayana, Venezuela, around 1786.Eduardo Neumann Gandía.Verdadera y Auténtica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. 1913. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. p. 13.Citing Archivo General de Puerto Rico (AGPR, Protocolos Notariales-Ponce, 1817-19, Alexandro Ordonez, 1818, folios 110-111; 1820-22, Matias Vidal, 1821, folios 291-297.), Francisco A. Scarano states Juan de Dios Conde was born in Venezuela. (See "Sugar and slavery in Puerto Rico: the municipality of Ponce, 1815-1849." Appendix A: "On the National Origin of the Hacendados." page 443. Ph. D. Thesis. Columbia University. 1978. See also "Sugar and slavery in Puerto Rico: The plantation economy of Ponce, 1810-1830." Appendix A: "National Origins of the Ponce Hacendados." Table A-1: Hacendados in 1827. pp. 174-175. The University of Wisconsin Press. 1984. .) He was an hacienda owner. Around 1787, he married Felicita Alcoser, and had six children who were all born in Ponce: Juan Elias (ca. 1818), Vicente (ca. 1820), Felicita (ca. 1822), Emilia (ca. 1824), Andres (ca. 1827) and Fernando (ca. 1829).Eli D. Oquendo-Rodriguez. Pablo L. Crespo-Vargas, editor. A Orillas del Mar Caribe: Boceto histórico de la Playa de Ponce - Desde sus primeros habitantes hasta principios del siglo XX. First edition. June 2017. Editorial Akelarre. Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones del Sur Oeste de Puerto Rico (CEISCO). Lajas, Puerto Rico. Page 46.

As an hacienda owner, Conde ran the Hacienda San Isidro in 1844.Propietarios de esclavos en los barrios rurales de Ponce. In the 1850s, he was also editor of El Ponceño newspaper.Eli D. Oquendo-Rodriguez. Pablo L. Crespo-Vargas, editor. A Orillas del Mar Caribe: Boceto historico de la Playa de Ponce - Desde sus primeros habitantes hasta principios del siglo XX. First edition. June, 2017. Editorial Akelarre. Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones del Sur Oeste de Puerto Rico (CEISCO). Lajas, Puerto Rico. Page 46.

First mayoral term (1836) Conde finished off mayor Antonio Albizu's 1936 mayoral term.Eduardo Neumann Gandía. Verdadera y Auténtica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. 1913. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. p. 50. The first permanent ayuntamiento was established in Ponce while Conde was mayoring the city, by the Provincial Governor Miguel de la Torre. The new ayuntamiento did not meet in a public building, as it is the case now (2019), but instead met at the house of a prominent local citizen, Domingo Arévalo. Working alongside Conde were Antonio Albizu and Juan Rondón, both of whom performed as "teniente alcalde". Working closely with them were also Juan Pablo Aponte (regidor decano), and six council members: Valentin Tricoche, Geronimo Rabassa, Pablo Manfredi, Jose Ortiz de la Renta, Fernando Matute, and Luis Font. Additional personnel at the ayuntamiento were Luciano Ortiz de la Renta, procurador del común, and Javier de Solis (Council clerk).Eduardo Neumann Gandía. Verdadera y Auténtica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. 1913. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. pp. 50-51.

Second mayoral term (1839) Conde was mayor of Ponce during the entire year 1839.Eduardo Neumann Gandía. Verdadera y Auténtica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. 1913. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. p. 279.

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

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See also

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