Salvador de Vives

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is de Vives and the second or maternal family name is Rodó.
Salvador de Vives Rodó
Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
In office
1840 – 1842
Preceded by Juan de Dios Conde
Succeeded by José Ortíz de la Renta
In office
1844 – 1845
Preceded by José Ortíz de la Renta
Succeeded by Antonio Corro
Personal details
Born 1784
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Died 1845
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Nationality Puerto Rican
Profession Politician

Salvador de Vives Rodó (1784-1845) was a Puerto Rican politician and Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico from 1840 to 1842 and then again from 1844 to 1845. He was the son of Quirse Vives and Ana Maria Rodo.[1] He was a wealthy coffee plantation owner who established the now historic Hacienda Buena Vista[2]. Under de Vives' administration as mayor, the now historic Ponce City Hall was built. De Vives trusted the design of City Hall to prominent architect Francisco Gil Capó[3]. Also to his credit are the trees planted in Plaza Las Delicias.[4]

Legacy

One of Ponce's main thoroughfares (Calle Vives) is named after him. "The street was named by proclamation of the city council in 1863."[5]

References

  1. ^ Buena Vista: life and work on a Puerto Rican hacienda, 1833-1904. By Guillermo A. Baralt. 1999. University of North Carolina Press. Page 150. Retrieved February 22, 2010.
  2. ^ Buena Vista: Life and Work on a Puerto Rican Hacienda, 1833-1904 By Guillermo A. Baralt
  3. ^ Casa Alcaldia
  4. ^ Buena Vista: life and work on a Puerto Rican hacienda, 1833-1904 By Guillermo A. Baralt. Page 12.
  5. ^ Buena Vista: life and work on a Puerto Rican hacienda, 1833-1904. Page 81. Guillermo A. Baralt. Fideicomisio de Conservacion de Puerto Rico. 1988. Retrieved 13 July 2011.

See also

Political offices
Preceded by
Juan de Dios Conde		 Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
1840-1842		 Succeeded by
José Ortíz de la Renta
Preceded by
José Ortíz de la Renta		 Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
1844-1845		 Succeeded by
Antonio Corro