Enrique Chevalier Explained

Enrique Chevalier
Order1:107th
Office1:Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
Term Start1:1902
Term End1:1902
Predecessor1:José de Guzmán Benítez
Successor1:Antonio Arias
Birth Date:c. 1856[1]
Birth Place:Ponce
Death Date:19 July 1931[2]
Death Place:Ponce
Nationality:Puerto Rican
Profession:businessman[3]

Enrique Chevalier Chardón (c. 1856 – 19 July 1931[4]) was the Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, in 1902.

Background

Chevalier Chardón[5] was born in Ponce around 1856. His parents were Juan Felix Chevalier and Ramona A. Chardón. He married Antonia Valdivieso Ortiz[6] with whom Chevalier Chardón had a daughter named Antonia. He died in Ponce on 19 July 1931.[7] A member of the Partido Republicano Puertorriqueño, Chevalier had also been a member of the Ponce municipal assembly before becoming mayor.[8] [9]

Mayoral term

In 1902, the Puerto Rico Legislature approved a law that annexed the municipality of Guayanilla to the municipality of Ponce. As such, during his one year as mayor of Ponce, Mayor Chevalier was effectively the mayor of both Ponce and Guayanilla. The law was repealed in 1905.[10] In terms of medical care, Chevalier is also credited with establishing the position for a municipal physician to care for the medical needs of residents in the growing Barrio Playa. The municipal ordinance established that the person occupying such position was to be a resident of that barrio.[11] While he was a member of the Partido Republicano Puertorriqueño, his mayoral term was marked by an ayuntamiento led by the opposition, the Union of Puerto Rico party.[12]

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Further reading

Notes and References

  1. 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 226.
  2. 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 226.
  3. Luis Munoz Rivera. Fabrica de Coches de E. Chevalier, Calle Comercio, Ponce, PR. La Democracia. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 1 November 1892. p. 1.
  4. 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 226.
  5. 1920 United States Federal Census.
  6. 1920 United States Federal Census.
  7. 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 226.
  8. Ileana M. Rodriguez-Silva. Silencing Race: Disentangling Blackness, Colonialism, and National Identities in Puerto Rico. New York. Palgrave Macmillan. 2012. p. 177.
  9. Socorro Giron. Ponce, el teatro La Perla y la Campana de la Almudiana. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Gobierno Municipal de Ponce. Third edition. 1992. p. 400.
  10. http://www.enciclopediapr.org/ing/article.cfm?ref=09042301&page=3 Guayanilla. Encyclopedia Puerto Rico.
  11. 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 226.
  12. Eli D. Oquendo-Rodríguez. 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 226.

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