José Mercado (mayor)

Francisco José de MercadoMunicipio de Ponce: Alcaldes en su Historia. Puerto Rico Encyclopedia. Fundación Puertorriqueña para las Humanidades. 2018. Accessed 2 May 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2009.Eli D. Oquendo-Rodriguez. De criadero a partido: Ojeada a la historia de los orígenes de Ponce, 1645-1810. Lajas, Puerto Rico: Editorial Akelarre, Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones del Sur Oeste (CEISO). 2015. p. 110. (ca. 1762ca. 1842) was interim mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, from early in 1822Verdadera y Auténtica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. 1913. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. p. 276. to 31 December 1822.Verdadera y Auténtica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. 1913. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. p. 276.

Background Mercado was the son of Joseph de Mercado, who was "Alcalde de la Santa Hermandad" in 1757 (San German) and teniente a guerra (Ponce) in 1763.Eli D. Oquendo-Rodriguez. De criadero a partido: Ojeada a la historia de los orígenes de Ponce, 1645-1810. Lajas, Puerto Rico: Editorial Akelarre, Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones del Sur Oeste (CEISO). 2015. p. 110.

Mayoral term While acting as the maximum civil authority in Ponce during 1822, Mercado was interim mayor. As such, he was finishing off José Molina's term as a constitutional mayor. Mercado took over leadership of the town from Jose Ortiz de la Renta and, at the end of his term, handed over leadership to Jose Ortiz de la Renta again.Verdadera y Auténtica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. 1913. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. p. 276. There are no Acts in the Municipality of Ponce for the period 1824 to 1834, affecting the period while he was mayor as well.Mariano Vidal Armstrong. Ponce: Notas para su Historia. San Juan, Puerto Rico. Second Edition 1986. p. 79.

José Mercado (mayor)

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