Ulpiano Colóm

Ricardo Ulpiano Colóm y Ferrer[lower-alpha 1] (3 April 1861 – 13 February 1906) was Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, during part of 1898. He was the second of two mayors to lead the municipality of Ponce under the Spanish Crown's "Decreto Autonómico para Puerto Rico", whereby Puerto Rico was granted autonomy by Spain.[4]

Ulpiano Colóm
Mayor Ulpiano Colóm y Ferrer
101st Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
In office
8 July 1898 – 1898
Preceded byLuis Gautier
Succeeded byJosé Lloréns Echevarría
Personal details
Born3 April 1861
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Died13 February 1906[1][2]
Ponce, Puerto Rico
SpouseMrs. Martinez de Colom
ChildrenEloisa (b. 1888), Belem (b. 1889), Jose Enrique[3]
ProfessionAttorney, Banker, Politician

Early years

He was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico on 3 April 1861.[5] His parents were José Colom and Belen Ferrer.[6]

He was an attorney, a member of the House of Delegates of Puerto Rico, a councilman for the municipality of Ponce, an assistant in the Ponce Fire Department, a director and vice-president of the Banco Crédito y Ahorro Ponceño, and a municipal judge, among the various other positions he held.[7]

Mayoral term

Colóm y Ferrer became mayor of Ponce on 8 July 1898. He was the sitting mayor of Ponce at the time when the Americans took possession of the city on 28 July 1898.[8] Upon the American invasion, Colom tendered his resignation, but it was not accepted by the American Major General James H. Wilson, who instead extended Colóm's jurisdiction to additional adjacent towns as the American troops advanced.[9]

Death and legacy

Colom Ferrer died in Ponce on 13 February 1906 as a result of an "ataque de angina de pecho" (chest angina). He was interred at the "Antiguo Cementerio de esta Ciudad", today's (2019) Panteón Nacional Román Baldorioty de Castro.[10][11] In Ponce there is a street in Urbanización Las Delicias of Barrio Magueyes named after him.

See also

Notes
  1. According to Eduardo Neumann Gandia, the spelling of Ulpiano Colóm's last name (Colóm) does have a diacritical mark over the second "o" of "Colóm". See Eduardo Neumann Gandia. Verdadera y Auténtica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. (San Juan, Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. 1913.) Page 52. Accessed 14 June 2018.

References
  1. Puerto Rico, Civil Registrations, 1885-2001. Registro Civil, 1836–2001. Digital images. Departamento de Salud de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Accessed 7 February 2019.
  2. Puerto Rico, Civil Registrations, 1885-2001 for R Ulpiano Colon Y Ferrer: Defunciones (Deaths), Ponce, Defunciones 1903-1906, t. 52-59. Accessed 7 February 2019.
  3. Puerto Rico, Civil Registrations, 1885-2001. Acta de Defunción de R. Ulpiano Colom y Ferrer. Registro Civil, 1836–2001. Digital images. Departamento de Salud de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Accessed 7 February 2019.
  4. Félix Pubill. La Administración Municipal de Ponce: Memoria de las gestiones practicadas en la Administración Municipal de Ponce, por los Alcaldes y Ayuntamientos que ha tenido desde el año 1882 al 1900. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Tipografía José Picó Matos. 1900. pp. 77, 83. LCCN 85-207338
  5. Register of Porto Rico for 1903. Prepared and Compiled Under the Direction of the Honorable Charles Hartzell, Secretary of Porto Rico. October 1903. Louis E. Tuzo and Co. 1903. (San Juan, Puerto Rico). Page 220. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
  6. Puerto Rico, Civil Registrations, 1885-2001. Registro Civil, 1836–2001. Digital images. Pages 066, Folio 155. Departamento de Salud de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Accessed 7 February 2019.
  7. Register of Porto Rico for 1903. Prepared and Compiled Under the Direction of the Honorable Charles Hartzell, Secretary of Porto Rico. October 1903. Louis E. Tuzo and Co. 1903. (San Juan, Puerto Rico). Page 220. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
  8. Las fiestas populares de Ponce Ramón Marín and Socorro Girón. University of Puerto Rico Press (San Juan, PR). ISBN 0-8477-0189-1. 1994. p. 50.
  9. Biographical Sketches: Uliano Colom. William H. Hunt. Secretary of Puerto Rico. 27 July 1901. San Juan: San Juan News Press. Register of Porto Rico. Page 60. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  10. Puerto Rico, Civil Registrations, 1885-2001. Registro Civil, 1836–2001. Digital images. Departamento de Salud de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Accessed 7 February 2019.
  11. Puerto Rico, Civil Registrations, 1885-2001 for R Ulpiano Colon Y Ferrer: Defunciones (Deaths), Ponce, Defunciones 1903-1906, t. 52-59. Accessed 7 February 2019.

Further reading
  • Fay Fowlie de Flores. Ponce, Perla del Sur: Una Bibliográfica Anotada. Second Edition. 1997. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce. p. 263. Item 1319. LCCN 92-75480
  • Ana Mercedes Santiago de Curet. "Contrapunto boricua: Ponce y San Juan and te la llegada de los americanos." La nación soñada: Cuba, Puerto Rico y Filipinas ante el 98; Actas del Congreso Internacional celebrado en Aranjuez del 24 al 28 de abril de 1995. pp. 559–566. Aranjuez, España: Doce Calles. 1996. (Colegio Universitario Tecnológico de Ponce, CUTPO).
  • Fay Fowlie de Flores. Ponce, Perla del Sur: Una Bibliográfica Anotada. Second Edition. 1997. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce. p. 264. Item 1320. LCCN 92-75480
  • Ana Mercedes Santiago de Curet. "La reacción de Ponce a la ocupación americana: 1898." Revista del Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. Año 90 (Octubre-Diciembre 1985.) pp. 9-16. (Colegio Universitario Tecnológico de Ponce, CUTPO / PUCPR).
  • Fay Fowlie de Flores. Ponce, Perla del Sur: Una Bibliográfica Anotada. Second Edition. 1997. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce. p. 110. Item 566. LCCN 92-75480
  • Guillermo Atiles Garcia. Kaleidoscopio. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Establecimiento tipográfico de Manuel López. 1905. (Colegio Universitario Tecnológico de Ponce, CUTPO)
  • Fay Fowlie de Flores. Ponce, Perla del Sur: Una Bibliográfica Anotada. Second Edition. 1997. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce. p. 116. Item 589. LCCN 92-75480
  • Felix Bernier Matos. Cromos ponceños. (por Fray Justo) Ponce, Puerto Rico: Imprenta "La Libertad." 1896. (Colegio Universitario Tecnológico de Ponce, CUTPO)
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