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José María Castro Madriz (1 September 1818 – 4 April 1892) was a Costa Rican lawyer, academic, diplomat, and politician. He served twice as President of Costa Rica, from 1848 to 1849, and from 1866 to 1868. [1] On both occasions he was prevented from completing his term of office by military coups.
The First Costa Rican Republic is the name given to the historical period between the proclamation of the Republic of Costa Rica in the 1848 reformed Constitution and the official decree by then President José María Castro Madriz on 31 August 1848 and the Costa Rican Civil War of 1948 which ended with the enactment of the current 1949 Constitution on 7 November 1949 starting the Second Costa ...
José Castro Madriz (1818–1892) 8 May 1866 1 November 1868 Non-partisan Liberal 1866: Second term. Deposed in a coup d'état. 6: Jesús Jiménez Zamora (1823–1897) 1 November 1868 27 April 1870 Military De facto: Second term. 7: Bruno Carranza Ramírez (1822–1891) 27 April 1870 8 August 1870 Non-partisan Liberal
Jesús María Ciriaco Jiménez Zamora (June 18, 1823 – February 12, 1897) was President of Costa Rica on two occasions: 1863 to 1866, and 1868 to 1870. [1]He was popularly elected in 1863, but dissolved Congress two months into his term of office.
José María Castro Madriz: 1847–1849 José María Castro Madriz was the first President of Costa Rica, making Pacífica Fernández the inaugural First Lady. Felipa Montes de Oca Gamero: 1814–1882 Miguel Mora Porras: 1849 Inés Aguilar Cueto: 1830–1895 Juan Rafael Mora Porras: 1849–1859 Sofía Matilde Joy Redman: 1823–1908
General elections were held in Costa Rica on 1 April 1866. [1] José María Castro Madriz was elected president of Costa Rica for the 1866-1869 period, which would not finish since in 1868 he was overthrown by his predecessor Jesús Jiménez Zamora.
The de facto president was José María Alfaro Zamora who was a candidate but was defeated by José María Castro Madriz. These elections were held in two grades, first paid by all men over 20 or 18 if they were married or were teachers of some science, who chose the electors (168 in total) who voted to choose the positions in dispute.
Pacífica Fernández Oreamuno (August 23, 1828 – March 31, 1885) was the inaugural First Lady of Costa Rica and wife of President José María Castro Madriz. [1] She was born in San José, Costa Rica on August 23, 1828 to her parents former Head of State Manuel Fernández Chacón and Dolores Oreamuno Muñoz de la Trinidad, and was sister of President Próspero Fernández Oreamuno.