Simón Moret Gallart
Simón Moret Gallart | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Mayor Simón Moret Gallart | |
| 112th Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico | |
| In office 1907–1914 | |
| Preceded by | Santiago Oppenheimer |
| Succeeded by | Rafael Rivera Esbrí |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1853 Ponce, Puerto Rico |
| Died | 1923 |
| Political party | Union of Puerto Rico |
| Spouse(s) | Matilde Perdomo Morales, aka, Matilde Morales y Perdomo de Moret |
| Profession | politician |
Simón Moret Gallart (1853–1923) was Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, from 1907 to 1914.[a]
Early years
[edit]Moret Gallart was born in Ponce, in 1853.[1][b] He was a descendant of French immigrant Clemente Moret and the Spaniard Francisca Gallart who settled in Puerto Rico in 1816.[2]
Mayoral tenure
[edit]He was elected mayor of Ponce in 1906 and took the oath of office in 1907. He was a member of the Union of Puerto Rico Party and defeated Manuel V. Domenech of the Republican Party in a contested election.[3] In 1911, Mayor Moret received from the Government of the United States of America a franchise for the City of Ponce to operate the Port of Ponce in perpetuity.[4][5] The port of Ponce has been operated by the municipality since then. It is the only sea port in Puerto Rico owned and administered by a municipal body.
Among Moret's mayoral accomplishments are the construction of the Ponce Firefighters Mausoleum at Cementerio Civil de Ponce, which was completed on 2 April 1911. He also built the Port of Ponce following an ordinance approved by the Consejo Ejecutivo de Puerto Rico in 1911.[6]
Family life
[edit]On 11 December 1906, Simón Moret Gallart married Matilde Perdomo Morales. He was 53 and she was 26 when they married. Simón and Matilde had three daughters from their marriage: Josefa, Ana Maria, and Carmen L.[7] In 1910, while mayor, he was a resident of Barrio Segundo, and later, in 1920, he lived in Barrio Quebrada Limón.[8]
Death
[edit]He died in Ponce on 30 March 1923 and was buried at Cementerio Católico San Vicente de Paul.[9] In Ponce there was a public school named after him, Elementary School Simón Moret Gallart, located at Carr 504, Km. 0.8, in barrio Portugues.[10][11] The school ceased operations in 2013[12] and as of 2015 the Government had put out bids for its demolition.[13]
Honors
[edit]Moret Gallard is honored at Ponce's Park of Illustrious Ponce Citizens. Only six other mayors, of over 100 former Ponce mayors, are honored there.[14]
See also
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Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Biografia de Simón Moret Gallart. Biblioteca Escuela Simon Moret Gallart. Ponce, Puerto Rico.
- ^ Puerto Rico, Civil Registrations, 1885–2001.
- ^ Domenech v. Moret: Appeal from the District Court of Ponce. Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court of Porto Rico. Antonio F. Castro, Secretary and Reporter. Volumen 13 (14 June – 23 December 1907.) Government of Puerto Rico. San Juan, PR. Bureau of Supplies, Printing and Transportation. Case No. 127. Decided 26 June 1907. Page 97.
- ^ Neysa Rodriguez Deynes. Brevario Sobre la Historia de Ponce. Second Edition. Government of the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. 2002. Page 14. Printed by Impress Quality Printing, Bayamon, Puerto Rico.
- ^ Administración Municipal engaña a los ponceños indica presidente del PPD en Ponce.[usurped] El Sur a la Vista. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 12 December 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
- ^ Biografia de Simón Moret Gallart. Biblioteca Escuela Simon Moret Gallart. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 7 September 2011.
- ^ 1920 United States Federal Census.
- ^ 1920 United States Federal Census.
- ^ Biografia de Simón Moret Gallart. Biblioteca Escuela Simon Moret Gallart. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 7 September 2011.
- ^ Simon Moret Gallart. Public Schools Report. 2016. Accessed 26 May 2016.
- ^ AVISO DE SUBASTA: DEMOLICIÓN DE ESCUELA ELEMENTAL SIMÓN MORET GALLART, Ponce, Puerto Rico (AEP – 8974A), Subasta Número: 2015-AEP-C-0003. Accessed 26 May 2016.
- ^ Simon Moret Gallart Elementary School (Closed 2013). Public School Review. 2016. Accessed 26 May 2016.
- ^ Aviso de Subasta: Demolición de Escuela Elemental Simon Moret Gallart, Ponce, Puerto Rico (AEP – 8974A), Subasta Número: 2015-AEP-C-0003. Government of Puerto Rico. Administración de Edificios Públicos. 18 March 2015. Accessed 26 May 2016.
- ^ Politics. TravelPonce. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
Further reading
[edit]- Fay Fowlie de Flores. Ponce, Perla del Sur: Una Bibliografía Anotada. Second Edition. 1997. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce. p. 216. Item 1109. LCCN 92-75480
- Cayetano Coll y Toste. Boletín Histórico de Puerto Rico. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Cantera Fernandez. 1914–1927. (Colegio Universitario Tecnológico de Ponce, CUTPO).
- Fay Fowlie de Flores. Ponce, Perla del Sur: Una Bibliografía Anotada. Second Edition. 1997. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce. p. 109. Item 560. LCCN 92-75480
- The Representative Men of Puerto Rico. Compiled and edited by F.E. Jackson & Son. C. Frederiksen, artist and photographer. s.l.: F.E. Jackson & Son. 1901. (PUCPR; Universidad Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras, UPR).
- Fay Fowlie de Flores. Ponce, Perla del Sur: Una Bibliografía Anotada. Second Edition. 1997. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce. p. 336. Item 1675. LCCN 92-75480
- Ponce. Gobierno Municipal. Informe actividades administrativas y económicas del Municipio de Ponce. (Also titled Informe del Alcalde de la Ciudad de Ponce) Ponce, Puerto Rico: Tip. Pasarell. 1908. (Archivo Histórico Municipal de Ponce)
- Fay Fowlie de Flores. Ponce, Perla del Sur: Una Bibliografía Anotada. Segunda Edición. 1997. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce. p. 337. Item 1678. LCCN 92-75480
- Ponce. Proyecto de un Empréstito para obras municipales... Ponce, Puerto Rico: Imprenta La Defensa. 1911 (Archivo Histórico Municipal de Ponce, AHMP)