Ulises Francisco Espaillat

Ulises Francisco Espaillat Quiñones (February 9, 1823 – April 25, 1878) was a 19th-century Dominican Republic liberal statesman and author. He served as president of the Dominican Republic from April 29, 1876, to October 5, 1876. Espaillat Province is named after him.

Early life Ulises Francisco Espaillat Quiñones was born on 9 February 1823 in Santiago, officially known from 1822 to 1844 as Saint-Yague, into a wealthy family of French, Canarian, Aragonese and Genovese descent; he was the only son of Pedro Ramón Espaillat Velilla (Santiago, 1796−idem, 1882) and María Petronila Quiñones Tavares (1804−1874). His father was the tenth and junior child of Francisco Espaillat y Virol —a Frenchman native to Masclat that settled in Santiago in 1758 in an epoch where one-third of the population was of French origin— and Petronila Velilla Sánchez —whose father was born in Aragon, and her maternal grandfather was from the Canary Islands and a great-grandfather was from Italy. He was described by his contemporaries as a tall, pale-complexioned, blue-eyed, dark blond-haired man.

In his early childhood and adolescence he received lessons in English, French, music, mathematics and other disciplines, within the limited possibilities of school education that the country lived under the Haitian occupation. He later received medical lessons from a paternal uncle, Dr. Santiago Espaillat (who later became President-elect in 1849). Ulises Espaillat established a pharmacy in the early 1840s.

In 1845, he married his first cousin, Eloísa Espaillat Rodríguez, the daughter of his uncle Juan José Espaillat Velilla.

Politics Espaillat served in many offices, including Senator, member of the House of Representatives, Customs Inspector of Puerto Plata, and member of the Provincial Deputation of Santiago. He opposed the 1861 Spanish colonial restoration, and as a result, he was exiled; he returned to his country in 1863. He served as Vice President in 1864.

With the support of Gregorio Luperón, Espaillat won the March 24, 1876, presidential election. Espaillat was a political and economic liberal who wished to broaden the personal freedoms of the Dominican people and improve the country's economy by taking from the producers of the society in order to pay for his ideas. However, he was forced to resign (on December 20, 1876) before he could set in motion any plan of action, due to rebellions in the south and east.

Legacy Espaillat Province, as well as the Ulises Francisco Espaillat metro station in Santo Domingo are named after him.

Ancestry

Offspring President Espaillat has been identified as the most recent common ancestor for most of the Dominican oligarchy and aristocracy, since his offspring managed to establish bonds with the most prominent families from Santiago, who became later the richest families of the country.

Teófilo Espaillat Espaillat (Santiago, 1847–1866); never got married.

Ana Amelia Batlle Cabral Laura Emilia Batlle Cabral

Gustavo Tavares Espaillat Manuel Enrique Tavares Espaillat

Alexandra María Grullón Segura (1998–2025)

José Ulises Espaillat Vega (1931–1947) Margarita Mercedes Espaillat Vega (1938–1960)

Estela Mercedes Espaillat Carrón

Pedro Ramón Espaillat Cabral (1943–1985) Alejandro Augusto Espaillat Cabral (1948–) Alejandro José Espaillat Imbert Pedro José Espaillat Vélez Carlos José Espaillat Vélez Fineta Rosario Espaillat Cabral

Juan José Bancalari Elmúdesi Manuel Andrés Bancalari Elmúdesi

Luis Arturo Crouch Espaillat Miguel Eduardo Crouch Espaillat Ramón Alejando Crouch Espaillat María del Rosario Crouch Espaillat

Carmen Virginia Julia Marranzini (b. 1946) María Rosa Julia Marranzini (b. 1955)

Gustavo Eduardo Vega Espaillat (1904–1989)

José Augusto Vega Imbert

José Ulises Espaillat Vega (1931–1967) Margarita Mercedes Espaillat Vega (1938–1960) María Mercedes Espaillat Julia (Santiago, 1886–1917)

Andrés Alejandro Pastoriza Espaillat (1914–1994); never got married.

Andrés Gustavo Pastoriza Tavares (b. 1948)

Felicia Espaillat Julia (Santiago, 1891–1972)

Jaime Tomás Batlle Vega Rosa Amelia Batlle Vega María Mercedes Batlle Vega Felipe José Batlle Vega Nydia Amalia Batlle Vega

link=Christian marriage Manuel María Alfaro Ricart (m. 1952); Rafael Mencía Lister (m. 1961)

Federico Antún Batlle

Amalia Josefina Gabriela Cabral Lluberes (b. 1963)

Ana Amelia Batlle Cabral Laura Emilia Batlle Cabral José María Cabral Lluberes (b. 1967)

Sarah Amalia Jorge León

José Eduardo León Cabral (1963–1975); never got married.

Manuel Vicente Díez Cabral (b. 1964) Marco Buenaventura Cabral Vega María Dolores Vega Batlle

Wenceslao Nicolás Vega Boyrie Bernardo Vega Boyrie Luis Eduardo “Eddy” Vega Boyrie Prima Aurora Vega Batlle Carlos Manuel Vega Batlle Virginia Vega Batlle

Rosa María Vega Batlle Francisco Nicolás Vega Batlle

Ana Amelia Batlle Cabral Laura Emilia Batlle Cabral

María Dolores Batlle Espaillat (Santiago, 1879–ibidem, 1879); never got married. José Francisco Batlle Espaillat (Santiago, 1880–1980) Cosme Antonio Batlle Espaillat (Santiago, 1881–1914)

Mercedes Dolores Batlle Julia

Reinaldo Bisonó Bonnelly Cosme Rafael Batlle Morell Daysi Antonia Batlle Morell Oscar Rafael Batlle Morell Roberto Augusto Batlle Morell

Luis Tomás Batlle Morell (Santiago, 1917–La Ciénaga de Higüerito, 1942)

Manuel José Cabral Tavares

Manuel Augusto Cocco Guerrero

Patricia Margarita Cocco Guerrero Pedro José Cocco Guerrero

Adela Espaillat Espaillat (Santiago, 1856–1946)

María Italia Stéfani Espaillat (1881–1882)

Mercedes Octavia Valverde Stéfani María Sofía Valverde Stéfani

Marie Isabel Valverde Rivera (1964)

Jose Daniel Valverde (1994) Luis Antonio Valverde (2001)

Mary Jo Valverde Lopez (1958) Virginia Maria Valverde Lopez (1959) Fernando Emilio Valverde Lopez (1960) Emilie Anne Valverde Lopez (1962) Sebastián Emilio Valverde Stéfani (1911–1962) María Electa Stéfani Espaillat (Santiago, 1884–ibid., 1972)

Juan Bautista Stéfani Espaillat (1893–1938)

Rafael Armando Espaillat Gutiérrez (1886–1952) Juan de Jesús Espaillat Gutiérrez (1887–1979) Isabel Estelvina Espaillat Gutiérrez (1890–1914)