1st Senate of Haiti

The 1st Senate of Haiti was organized from the Constituent Assembly which drafted the 1806 Constitution. After the elected president and previous Provisional Chief Executive of Haiti Henri Christophe took up arms against the Senate, the Senate retaliated by stripping power from Christophe and electing Alexandre Pétion as president of Haiti in early 1807.

The Senate was the first legislative body in post-revolutionary Haiti, and was designed by Pétion to be a powerful body. However, Pétion tired of the Senate, and successfully pushed for a significant revision to the 1806 Constitution in 1816, including authorizing him to serve as president for life, as well as the transformation of the unicameral Senate to the bicameral National Assembly.[1][2]

Members
DistrictNameDate electedTermNotes
Port-au-Prince Alexandre Pétion 28 December 1806 9 years;
Cap-Haïtien César Thélémaque 28 December 1806 6 years elected senate president on December 31, 1806
Port-au-Prince Louis Auguste Daumec 28 December 1806 3 years re-elected 3 February 1825
Port-au-Prince Charles Lys 28 December 1806 9 years
Anse-à-Veau Etienne Elie Gérin, 28 December 1806 9 years
Cayes Théodat Trichet 28 December 1806 3 years
Port-au-Prince Ignace Fresnel 28 December 1806 9 years re-elected on 22 February 1827
Port-au-Prince Gabriel David-Troy 28 December 1806 9 years
Cayes Charles Daguilh 28 December 1806 3 years
Cap-Haïtien Félix Ferrier 28 December 1806 3 years
Port-au-Prince Guy Joseph Bonnet 28 December 1806 3 years
Cap-Haïtien Lamothe Aigron 28 December 1806 9 years
Mirebalais Jean-Louis Barlatier 28 December 1806 6 years
Fort-Dauphin Jean-Louis Guillaume Manigat 28 December 1806
Saint-Marc Jean Simon 28 December 1806 3 years
Cayes Jn-Louis Despas Médina 28 December 1806 6 years
Jacmel Magloire Ambroise 28 December 1806 6 years
Port-au-Prince Yayou 28 December 1806 3 years
Port-de-Paix Pierre Timothé, (Aubert) 28 December 1806 6 years
Port-au-Prince Bruno Blanchet jeune 28 December 1806 6 years
 ? Paul Romain 28 December 1806
 ? Toussaint-Brave
 ? Étienne Magny

References
  1. "Haiti:The Post-Revolutionary Period:1804-1820". faculty.webster.edu.
  2. "Gazette Officielle de l'état d'Hayti – La Gazette Royale".
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