| Pedro Juan Rosaly | |
| Order1: | 105th |
| Office1: | Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico |
| Term Start1: | 23 December 1900 |
| Term End1: | 28 February 1901 |
| Predecessor1: | Albert L. Myer |
| Successor1: | José de Guzmán Benítez |
| Birth Date: | 21 April 1862[1] |
| Birth Place: | Guayanilla, Puerto Rico |
| Death Date: | 8 March 1912 |
| Death Place: | Ponce, Puerto Rico |
| Nationality: | Puerto Rican |
| Spouse: | Enriqueta Cabrera Paz (1871 – 19 Dec 1961)[2] [3] |
| Children: | Sarah Albizu, aka, Sara Rosaly Cabreara (1891–1980), Pedro Juan Rosaly Cabrera (1892–1951), Enriqueta Rosaly Cabrera Vda. de Vivas (1893–1978), Matilde Rosaly Cabrera (1895–1920), Lillian Rosaly Cabrera (b. ca. 1899)[4] [5] |
| Occupation: | Hacendado,[6] Banker[7] |
Pedro Juan Rosaly Capó (21 April 1862 – 8 March 1912) was Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico from 23 December 1900 until 28 February 1901.[8]
After the elections of 6 November 1900, Rosaly was elected to the Puerto Rico House of Representatives as a representative by the District of Ponce. He joined three other representatives from Ponce and all from the Republican Party: Francisco Parra Capó, Pedro Juan Besosa, Ulpiano R. Colom.[9]
Pedro Juan Rosaly is best remembered for having a magnificent residence (the Rosaly-Batiz House) built at the corner of Villa and Mendez Vigo streets by renowned architect Manuel V. Domenech and who, four years later, in 1904, himself became mayor of Ponce.[10]
Rosaly became the president of Banco de Ponce in the 1940s and established the first branch outside Puerto Rico, in New York City.[11] In 1901, Rosaly became the first person to be granted a franchise to develop local and long-distance telephone service in Puerto Rico. The business plan, however, did not proceed as it was not approved by the president of the United States.[12]
Rosaly died in Ponce on 8 March 1912 and was buried at Cementerio Católico San Vicente de Paul. In Ponce, there is a public housing development named after him.