José Ortiz de la Renta explained

José Ortiz de la Renta
Order1:7th
Office1:Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
Term Start1:1812
Term End1:1814
Order2:9th
Office2:Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
Term Start2:1815
Term End2:1816
Order3:15th
Office3:Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
Term Start3:1820
Term End3:1821
Order4:21st
Office4:Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
Term Start4:1823
Term End4:1826
Order5:29th
Office5:Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
Term Start5:1837
Term End5:1838
Order6:33rd
Office6:Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
Term Start6:1842
Term End6:1843
Order7:35th
Office7:Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
Term Start7:1843
Term End7:1844
Order8:41st
Office8:Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
Term Start8:1846
Term End8:1846
Birth Date:ca. 1778
Birth Place:Ponce, Puerto Rico[1]
Death Date:ca. 1868
Death Place:Ponce, Puerto Rico
Spouse:Estefanía Ortiz de Matos[2]
Occupation:Hacendado[3]

José Ortiz de la Renta (c. 1765 – c. 1850) was Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, from 1812 to 1814, 1815 to 1816, 1820 to 1821, 1823 to 1826, 1837 to 1838, 1842 to 1843, 1843 to 1844, and in 1846. He has the distinction of having held the office of mayor of Ponce the most — eight times. He was an hacendado.[4]

Background

Like José Casimiro Ortíz de la Renta and Francisco Ortíz de la Renta, José Ortiz de la Renta was a descendant of the founders of San Germán, on the hills of Santa Marta, next to Río Guanajibo, in 1573.[5] He was an hacienda owner and in 1827 owned 16 slaves.[6]

First mayoral term (1812)

As Ponce has had a municipal council since 1812,[7] Mayor Ortiz de la Renta was the first mayor of Ponce with a legislative council. José Ortiz de la Renta was the first alcalde constitutional elected by popular vote, in 1812,[8] as a result of the Constitución de Cádiz (Cádiz Constitution). During his first mayoral term, Ortiz de la Renta was mayor from 1 January 1812 to 31 December 1813.[9] His deputy mayor was Joaquin Mercado, and the regidores in the municipal council were: Juan Gonzalez, Pedro Vazquez, Santiago Suarez, Juan Ramon Quintana, Miguel Ortiz de Mathos, Antonio Ortiz de la Renta, Jose Antonio Collazo, and Clemente del Toro.[10]

Second mayoral term (1815)

During his second mayoral term, Ortiz de la Renta was mayor from 1 January 1815 to 2 January 1816. He led the municipality in the capacity of Teniente a guerra.[11]

Third mayoral term (1820)

During his third mayoral term, Ortiz de la Renta performed again as an alcalde constitucional.

In 1820, the first known division of the Ponce territory into barrios took place.[12] [13] During his third mayoral term, Ortiz de la Renta was mayor from the moment José de Toro left the mayoral administration sometime after 3 June 1820 until 31 December 1820.[14]

Ortiz de la Renta's third mayoral term coincided with Ponce's second ayuntamiento. The ayuntamiento was composed of Ortiz de la Renta as mayor (in the role of Alcalde constitucional); Gregorio Medina (Alcalde segundo); Regidores were: Fernando Gandia, Antonio Algarra, Juan Pablo Aponte, José Pica, Domingo Clavell, Antonio González, Antonio Vazquez Zayas, Juan José Quintana; and Síndicos Procuradores were: Benito Paz Falcón and Esteban Dros.[15]

Fourth mayoral term (1823)

During his forth mayoral term, Ortiz de la Renta performed as alcalde propietario. However, little is known about this period as there are no Acts in the Municipality for the period 1824 to 1834, affecting the period while he was mayor as well.[16]

On 10 March 1823, the barrios of Cayabo and Caonillas, which on that date were still part of the municipality of Ponce, ceased to be part of Ponce and became part of Juana Diaz, and later, in 1917, formed their own municipality, Villalba.[17]

In July 1825, there is a revolt in Ponce by slaves due to the large number of slaves that were up for sale, but the revolt failed.[18] During his fourth mayoral term, Ortiz de la Renta was mayor from 1 January 1823 to 31 December 1825.[19]

Fifth mayoral term (1837)

During his fifth mayoral term, Ortiz de la Renta performed as an alcalde. During this term he was mayor from 1 January 1837 to 31 December 1837.[20]

Sixth mayoral term (1842)

During his sixth mayoral term, Ortiz de la Renta performed as alcalde. During this term, Ortiz de la Renta was mayor from 6 January 1842[21] to 31 December 1842.[22]

Seventh mayoral term (1843)

During his seventh mayoral term, Ortiz de la Renta performed again as alcalde propietario. During this term, he was mayor from the day when mayor Juan Rondon left city hall in 1843 until 31 December 1843.[23]

Eighth mayoral term (1846)

During his eighth mayoral term, Ortiz de la Renta performed again as alcalde. During this eighth and last mayoral term, he mayored from 1 April 1846 to 30 June 1846.[24]

Honors

Ortiz de la Renta is honored at Ponce's Park of Illustrious Ponce Citizens. Of over 100 Ponce mayors, only six are honored there.[25] In Ponce there is a street in Urbanizacion Las Delicias of Barrio Magueyes named after him.

See also

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Francisco Lluch Mora. Orígenes y Fundación de Ponce. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Editorial Plaza Mayor. Second Edition. 2006. p. 51.
  2. Eli D. Oquendo Rodríguez. 1800-1885: Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe: Historia de la Parroquia de Ponce durante el Siglo XIX. Pablo L. Crespo Vargas, editor. Lajas, Puerto Rico: Editorial Akelarre. Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones del Sur Oeste. First Edition. 2016. . p. 25.
  3. Eduardo Neumann Gandía. Verdadera y Auténtica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. 1913. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. p. 14.
  4. Francisco Antonio Scarano. Sugar and Slavery in Puerto Rico: The Municipality of Ponce, 1815-1849. Columbia University Ph.D., 1978. p. 443. Published in Ann Arbor, Michigan: University Microfilms International, 1988. (Subsequently published as an independent work on its own right: Sugar and slavery in Puerto Rico : the plantation economy of Ponce, 1800-1850. Francisco A Scarano. Published in Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press. 1984.).
  5. Francisco Lluch Mora. Orígenes y Fundación de Ponce, y otras noticias relativas a su desarrollo urbano, demográfico y cultural (Siglos XVI-XIX). San Juan, Puerto Rico: Editorial Plaza Mayor. Segunda Edición. 2006. p. 39.
  6. Francisco Antonio Scarano. Sugar and Slavery in Puerto Rico: The Municipality of Ponce, 1815-1849. Columbia University Ph.D., 1978. p. 443. Published in Ann Arbor, Michigan: University Microfilms International, 1988. (Subsequently published as an independent work on its own right: Sugar and slavery in Puerto Rico : the plantation economy of Ponce, 1800-1850. Francisco A Scarano. Published in Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press. 1984.).
  7. https://books.google.com/books?id=GtQWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA196 Register of Porto Rico for 1903: Prepared and Compiled Under the Direction of the Honorable Charles Hartzell, Secretary of Porto Rico. October 1903. Press of Louis E. Tuzo and Co. 1903. (San Juan, Puerto Rico). Page 196.
  8. http://ponce.inter.edu/cai/connections/html/archivo.html El Archivo Histórico Municipal del Municipio Autónomo de Ponce, Puerto Rico: Antecedentes Históricos.
  9. Eduardo Neumann Gandía. Verdadera y Auténtica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. 1913. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. p. 275.
  10. Eduardo Neumann Gandía. Verdadera y Auténtica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. 1913. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. p. 47.
  11. Eduardo Neumann Gandía. Verdadera y Auténtica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. 1913. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. pp. 49, 275.
  12. Eduardo Questell Rodriguez. Historia de la Comunidad Bélgica de Ponce, a partir de la Hacienda Muñiz y Otros datos. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Mariana Editores. 2018. p.13.
  13. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~poncepr/barrios.html Barrios de Ponce.
  14. Eduardo Neumann Gandía. Verdadera y Auténtica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. 1913. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. p. 276.
  15. Eduardo Neumann Gandía. Verdadera y Auténtica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. 1913. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. p. 49.
  16. Mariano Vidal Armstrong. Ponce: Notas para su Historia. San Juan, Puerto Rico. Second Edition 1986. p. 79.
  17. https://issuu.com/periodicoesnoticia/docs/es_noticia_-_edici_n_96 Primero ponceña, luego juanadina, y mas tarde paso a ser: Villalba.
  18. Ivette Perez Vega. Las Sociedades Mercantiles de Ponce (1816-1830). San Juan, PR: Ediciones Puerto Inc. 2015. p. 172.
  19. Eduardo Neumann Gandía. Verdadera y Auténtica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. 1913. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. p. 276.
  20. Eduardo Neumann Gandía. Verdadera y Auténtica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. 1913. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. p. 276.
  21. Eduardo Neumann Gandía. Verdadera y Auténtica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. 1913. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. p. 276.
  22. Eduardo Neumann Gandía. Verdadera y Auténtica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. 1913. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. p. 276.
  23. Eduardo Neumann Gandía. Verdadera y Auténtica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. 1913. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. p. 276.
  24. Socorro Girón. Ponce, el teatro La Perla y La Campana de la Almudaina. Ponce Municipal Government. 1992. page 31.
  25. http://www.travelponce.com/Politics.html Politics.

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