Francisco Romero (mayor)

Francisco Romero (ca. 1790 – ca. 1870) was an interim Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, in 1847 and again in 1866.Municipalities: Ponce: Mayors. Encyclopedia Puerto Rico. Accessed 20 May 2018.

Background Francisco Romero came to Puerto Rico from Venezuela around 1821 and settled in Ponce,Eduardo Neumann Gandía. Verdadera y Auténtica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. 1913. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. p. 13. where he was a landowner.Socorro Girón. Ponce, el teatro La Perla y La Campana de la Almudaina. Gobierno Municipal de Ponce. 1992. Page 44. In 1836, Romero had been one of a team of three assistants to Barrio Playa mayor, Sargent Rafael Muñoz, before becoming mayor of Ponce some 10 years later.Eli D. Oquendo Rodriguez. A Orillas del Mar Caribe: Boceto histórico de la Playa de Ponce, desde sus primeros habitantes hasta principios del siglo XX.Lajas, Puerto Rico: Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones del Sur Oeste (CEISCO). 2017. p.70.

First mayoral term (1847) Romero was mayor of Ponce starting on 1 July 1847,Eduardo Neumann Gandía. "Verdadera y Auténtica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. 1913. p.276. and ended his mayoral term around 31 August 1847Eduardo Neumann Gandía. "Verdadera y Auténtica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. 1913. p.276. when Juan Lacot took over.

Second mayoral term (1866) Romero was interim corregidor mayor of Ponce starting on 1 September 1866Eduardo Neumann Gandía. "Verdadera y Auténtica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. 1913. p.276. and ending sometime around 31 October 1866Eduardo Neumann Gandía. "Verdadera y Auténtica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. 1913. p.276. when another interim corregidor mayor, Carlos Cabrera y Martínez, took over.

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