Preceded by Pedro Rosaly Name Juan Cartagena Profession politician | Preceded by Jose Mileris Succeeded by Lucas Jimenez | |
Succeeded by Andres Caparros y Garcia | ||
Juan José Cartagena (c. 1815 - c. 1895) was Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico from 1876 to 1879 and again in 1881. He is best remembered because the construction of Hospital Tricoche occurred under his administration.
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Mayoral term
Cartagena was mayor of Ponce from April 1876 to 4 July 1879. On 11 December 1878 Cartagena gave an inaugural speech for the opening of Hospital Tricoche. Cartagena was mayor of Ponce again from February through October 1888. Others accompanying Mayor Cartagena included Dr. Rafael del Valle, Dr. Manuel Pasarell, the journalist Mario Braschi, and Eduardo Neumann Gandía.
Legacy
There is a street in Urbanizacion Las Delicias of Barrio Magueyes in Ponce named after him.
References
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