Emilio Fagot Explained

Emilio Fagot
Order1:	119th
Office1:	Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
Term Start1:	1 January 1929
Term End1:	1 January 1933
Predecessor1:	Guillermo Vivas Valdivieso
Successor1:	Blas Oliveras
Birth Date:	2 February 1883^[1]
Birth Place:	Ponce, Puerto Rico
Death Place:	Ponce, Puerto Rico
Nationality:	Puerto Rican
Profession:	politician

Emilio Fagot (2 February 1883  - 28 January 1946) was a Puerto Rican politician and Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, from 1 January 1929 to 1 January 1933.

Early years

Fagot was born in Ponce on 2 February 1883 into a family of farmers.

Career

Fagot became interested in politics at a young age and by 1914 (age 30) he was a member of the Ponce Municipal Assembly.^[2] He also founded a new political party: Partido Popular Ponceño. Through his party he formed a coalition between the Socialist and Republican parties that led him to winning the 1928 elections and become mayor of Ponce in 1929.

Presidential visit

Emilio Fagot is best known for his welcoming and hosting of US President Herbert Hoover in 1933, during the time of the Great Depression. He has the distinction of being one of three Ponce mayors to have hosted a US President.^[3]

Death and legacy

Fagot died on 28 January 1946. In Ponce there is a major thoroughfare named after him.

See also

• Ponce, Puerto Rico
• List of Puerto Ricans

Further reading

• Fay Fowlie de Flores. Ponce, Perla del Sur: Una Bibliográfica Anotada. Second Edition. 1997. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce. p. 332. Item 1656.
• Municipio de Ponce. Exposicion publica a los contribuyentes y a todos los vecinos de la Ciudad de Ponce, sobre la situación económica del Municipio y sobre el estado general de todas sus dependencias y servicios, al terminar su gestión administrativa el Alcalde saliente don Guillermo Vivas Valdivieso, en enero 14 de 1929, fecha en que se hicieron cargo de la administración municipal los actuales funcionarios electos por la voluntad soberana del pueblo. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Cantero, Fernandez & Co. 1929. (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico)

Notes and References

1. Luis Fortuño Janeiro. Album Historico de Ponce. (1692-1963). Page 283 Ponce, Puerto Rico: Imprenta Foruño. 1963.
2. Eduardo Questell Rodríguez. Historia de la Comunidad Bélgica de Ponce a partir de la Hacienda Muñiz y Otros datos. Mariana Editores. 2018. page 75.
3. http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=22575 Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States: 1929 ‐ 1933, Remarks at Ponce, Porto Rico.