José MarÃa San MartÃn
José María San Martín y Ulloa short José María San Martín ( born March 29, 1811 in nacaome (Honduras ); † August 12, 1857 in Chalatenango (El Salvador) ) was 1852, and February 15, 1854 to February 1, 1856 President in El Salvador.
Life
He was the son of Joaquín de San Martín y Ulloa. In his childhood, his family moved to Chalatenango. He began the study of philosophy at the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala.
In 1832 he came as a deputy to the parliament of the province of El Salvador.
In 1834 he joined the army. Beginning in 1834 declared his father Joaquín de San Martín y Ulloa the secession of the province of El Salvador from the Central American Confederation, whereupon José Francisco Morazán Quezada was invaded by El Salvador and the troops of Joaquín de San Martín y Ulloa the Río Jiboa on June 23, 1834 beat left.
What are the San Martín y Ulloa family went into exile in Mexico. After the end of the Central American Confederation in 1840 they returned to El Salvador back. and José María San Martín was set in El Salvador as a lieutenant colonel.
In 1842 he attempted a coup against Francisco Malespín, which failed, whereupon José María San Martín went into exile in Honduras.
He returned in 1845 to El Salvador back. On May 16, 1846, appointed him president Eugenio Aguilar, Minister of Finance and war. These offices held San Martin until 19 September 1847. 1850 he was elected to Parliament in which he chaired from 1851 to 1853. From January 30 to February 1, 1852, he was President of El Salvador.
He was elected for two years as President of the end of 1853.
The Office he took over on February 15.
In April 1854 an earthquake caused major damage in San Salvador, on which the seat of government was moved to Cojutepeque and the creation of Nueva San Salvador, now the Santa Tecla was decreed to build as its capital.
On 14 February 1855 he dekretierter the establishment of the department of Chalatenango. He commissioned Isidro Menéndez applicable laws of El Salvador to collect.
In contrast to the conservative government of José Rafael Carrera Turcios in Guatemala he behaved peacefully. In the cabinet of his successor in the office of the president, Rafael Campo, José María San Martín 1856 Minister of War.
1857 brought the salvadorenischen troops who had fought against the Filibusteropiraten of William Walker, a cholera epidemic to El Salvador, José María San Martín y Ulloa tried with his family at his Hacienda San Cristóbal in Chalatenango to escape. At first his daughters Concepcion and Dolores and shortly after José María itself died from cholera.