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Colombian States
1855-1886
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Note: Following a constitutional change (27 Feb 1855) the provinces of New Granada (as Colombia was called until 1861) gained the right to organize themselves as sovereign states, while remaining part of New Granada. With the creation of the Republic of Colombia (5 Aug 1886) the states were transformed into departments under the central government.
Antioquia
11 Jun 1856 Federal State of Antioquia created by federal legislation.
Governors
31 Aug 1855 - 21 Jan 1862 Rafael María Giraldo Zuluaga
(b. 1808 - d. 1862)
22 Jan 1862 - 15 Oct 1862 Marceliano Vélez Barreneche
(b. 1832 - d. 1923)
15 Oct 1862 - 15 Dec 1862 Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera
(b. 1798 - d. 1878)
(federal president in charge of the state executive)
16 Dec 1862 - 20 Apr 1863 Antonio Mendoza Camacho
(b. 1803 - d. 1887)
Presidents
20 Apr 1863 - 4 Jan 1864 Pascual Bravo Echeverri
(b. 1836 - d. 1864)
4 Jan 1864 - 5 Jan 1864 Tomás Uribe Santamaría
(acting) (b. c.1815 - d. ....)
5 Jan 1864 - 10 Jan 1864 Vacant
10 Jan 1864 - 7 Aug 1873 Pedro Justo Berrío
Rojas (b. 1827
- d. 1875)
7 Aug 1873 - 21 Dec 1876 Recaredo de Villa y Piedrahita
(b. 1826 - d. 1905)
22 Dec 1876 - 31 Dec 1876 Román de Hoyos (acting)
(b. 1816 - d. 1898)
1 Jan 1877 - 6 Apr 1877 Silverio Arango Palacio
(b. 1834 - d. 1912)
6 Apr 1877 - 10 Apr 1877 Vacant
10 Apr 1877 - 31 Oct 1877 Manuel María Uribe Ángel
(b. 1822 - d. 1904)
10 Apr 1877 - 31 Oct 1877 Julián Trujillo Largacha
(b. 1828 - d. 1883)
(civil and military chief to 20 Aug 1877,
then provisional president)
1 Nov 1877 - 19 Dec 1877 Julián Trujillo Largacha
(s.a.)
20 Dec 1877 - 13 Mar 1878 Daniel Aldana Manta (acting)
(b. 1831 - d. 1911)
14 Mar 1878 - 19 Mar 1878 Alejandro Mejía Hinestroza
(b. 1846 - d. 1909)
(acting)
20 Mar 1878 - 24 Jan 1880 Tomás Rengifo Ortiz (acting)
(b. 1840 - d. 1883)
25 Jan 1880 - 1 Feb 1880 Pedro Restrepo Uribe (1st
time) (b. 18.. - d. 1923)
1 Feb 1880 - 13 Mar 1880 Jorge Isaacs Ferrer (civil
chief) (b. 1837 - d. 1895)
13 Mar 1880 - 31 Oct 1881 Pedro Restrepo Uribe (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1 Nov 1881 - 11 Mar 1885 Luciano Restrepo Escobar
(b. 1812 - d. 1885)
12 Mar 1885 - 21 Sep 1885 José María Campo
Serrano (b.
1836 - d. 1915)
(civil and military chief)
21 Sep 1885 - 5 Aug 1886 Marceliano Vélez Barreneche
(s.a.)
Bogotá
![[Bogota city flag]](co-dcbog.gif)
23 Jul 1861
City of Bogotá separated from Cundinamarca
and transformed
into a federal district.
23 Jul 1863
Bogotá reunited with Cundinamarca.
7 Nov 1885
Federal district recreated.
Governors
23 Jul 1861 - 23 Nov 1861 Andrés Cerón
23 Nov 1861 - 24 May 1862 José M. Rojas Garrido
24 May 1862 - Oct 1862 Medardo Rivas
Oct 1862 - Jun 1863 Miguel
Gutiérrez Nieto
7 Nov 1885 - 2 Oct 1886 Jaime Córdoba
Vallecilla
(b. 1842 - d. 1920)
Bolívar
13 May 1857 Federal State of Bolívar created by federal legislation.
Governors (later presidents)
1857 - 1859
Juan Antonio Calvo
1859 - 1860
Juan José Nieto (1st time) (acting)
1860 - 1862
Juan de la Espiella (acting)
1862 - 1864
Juan José Nieto (2nd time)
1864 - 1865
Ramón Santo Domingo Vila (1st time)
(acting)
1865 - 1867
Antonio González Carazo
1867 - 1870
Manuel Amador Fierro
1870 - 1872
Ramón Santo Domingo Vila (2nd time)
1872 - 1873
Pedro Blanco
1873
García Manuel Ezequiel Corrales
(acting)
1873 - 1876
Eugenio Baena
1876 - 1877
Rafael Núñez (1st time)
(b. 1825 - d. 1894)
1877 - 1878
Manuel González Carazo (acting)
1878 - 1879
Benjamin Noguera (1st time)(acting)
1879 - 1880
Rafael Núñez (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1880 - 1882
Benjamin Noguera (2nd time)
1882 - 1886
V. García
Boyacá
13 May 1857 Federal State of Boyacá created by federal legislation.
Governors (later presidents)
1857 - 1858
Pedro Fernández Madrid
1858 - 1859
José Malo Blanco (acting)
1859 - 1861
David Torres (acting)
1861 - 1862
Santos Gutiérrez
(b. 1820 - d. 1872)
1862 - 1863
Pedro Cortés Holguin
1863 - 1864
Cenon Solano (acting)
1864 - 1866
Sergio Camargo
(b. 1832 - d. 1907)
1866 - 1868
Santos Acosta
(b. 1828 - d. 1901)
1868 - 1870
Aníbal Correa
1870 - 1872
Felipe Pérez
(b. 1832 - d. 1891)
1872 - 1874
Venancio Rueda
1874 - 1876
Eliseo Neira
1876 - 1878
José del C. Rodríguez
1878 - 1882
José Eusebio Otálora
(b. 1828 - d. 1884)
1882 - 1884
Aristides Calderón
1884 - 1886
P.J. Sarmiento
Cauca
13 May 1857
Federal State of Cauca created by federal legislation.
8 May 1860
Independence declared.
Governors
1857 - 1858
Emigdio Palau (acting)
1858
Jorge Juan Hoyos (acting)
Jan 1858 - 15 Aug 1863 Tomás Cipriano
de Mosquera (b. 1798 -
d. 1878)
(acting to 15 Aug 1859)
Presidents
15 Aug 1863 - 15 Aug 1867 Eliseo Payán (1st time)
(b. 1825 - d. 1895)
15 Aug 1867 - 15 Aug 1869 Julián Trujillo Largacha
(1st time)(b. 1828 - d. 1883)
15 Aug 1869 - 15 Aug 1871 Andrés Cerón Serrano
(b. 1822 - d. 1879)
15 Aug 1871 - 1 Aug 1873 Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera
(s.a.)
1 Aug 1873 - 1 Aug 1875 Julián Trujillo
Largacha (2nd time)(s.a.)
1 Aug 1875 - 1 Aug 1877 César Conto
(b. 1836 - d. 1891)
1 Aug 1877 - 22 Apr 1879 Modesto Garcés Garcés
(b. 1846/47 - d. 1906)
22 Apr 1879 - 1 Aug 1879 Eliseo Payán (2nd time)
(s.a.)
(civil and military chief)
1 Aug 1879 - 1 Aug 1883 Ezequiel Hurtado
(b. 1825 - d. 1890)
1 Aug 1883 - 5 Aug 1886 Eliseo Payán (3rd
time)
(s.a.)
Cundinamarca
13 May 1857 Federal State of Cundinamarca created by federal legislation.
Governors
16 Sep 1857 - 9 Dec 1857 Joaquín París
(b. 1795 - d. 1868)
9 Dec 1857 - 11 Mar 1858 José María Malo
Blanco (1st time)
(acting)
11 Mar 1858 - 15 Mar 1858 Pastor Ospina Rodríguez
(acting) (b. 1809 - d. ....)
1 Oct 1858 - 1859
José María Malo Blanco (2nd time)
(acting)
1859
Emigdio Briceño (acting)
(b. 1814 - d. 1874)
1859 - 30 Oct 1859
José María Malo Blanco (3rd time)
(acting?)
30 Oct 1859 - 1859
Pedro Dávila Novoa (acting)
1859 - 1 Jan 1860
José Uldarico Leyva (1st time)
(acting)
1 Jan 1860 - Feb 1861 Pedro Gutiérrez
Lee
(d. 1861)
Feb 1861 - 10 May 1861 José Uldarico
Leyva (2nd time)
(acting)
10 May 1861 - 18 Jul 1861 José María Plata
Soto (acting) (b. 1811 - d. 1861)
18 Jul 1861 - 1862
Justo Briceño (1st time) (acting?)
1862
Rafael Niño (acting)
1862 - 2 Jul 1863
Justo Briceño (2nd time) (acting?)
Presidents
2 Jul 1863 - 1863
Alejo Morales (1st time)
1863
Justo Briceño (1st time) (acting)
1863
Antonio de J. Rey (acting)
1863 - 31 Dec 1863
Alejo Morales (2nd time)
1 Jan 1864 - 18 Jan 1865 Santos Gutiérrez
(b. 1820 - d. 1872)
22 Jan 1865 - 31 Dec 1865 Rafael Mendoza (acting)
1 Jan 1866 - 1867
Daniel Aldana Manta (1st time) (b. 1831 - d. 1911)
1867
Jesús Jiménez (acting)
1867
Francisco de Paula Matéus (acting)
1867 - 31 Dec 1867
Daniel Aldana Manta (2nd time) (s.a.)
1 Jan 1868 - 9 Oct 1868 Ignacio Gutiérrez
Vergara (b. 1806
- d. 1877)
1868 - 1869
Rudecindo López (1st time)(acting?)
1869
Luis Bernal (acting)
1869
Abelardo Aldana (acting)
1869 - 1870
Justo Briceño (2nd time)
(acting to 31 Dec 1869)
1870 - 15 Nov 1870
Cornelio Manrique (acting)
15 Nov 1870 - 1872
Julio Barriga V. (1st time) (b.
1843 - d. 1905)
1872
Octavio Salazar (acting)
1872 - 31 Dec 1873
Julio Barriga V. (2nd time) (s.a.)
1 Jan 1874 - 31 Dec 1875 Eustorgio Salgar
(b. 1831 - d. 1885)
1 Jan 1876 - 31 Dec 1877 Jacobo Sánchez
(b. 1824 - d. 1898)
1 Jan 1878 - 15 Jan 1879 Daniel Delgado
1879
Rudecindo López (2nd time)(acting)
1879 - 1880
Daniel Aldana Manta (3rd time) (s.a.)
1880 - 1882
Wenceslao Ibáñez
1882 - 1886
Daniel Aldana Manta (4th time) (s.a.)
1886
José Segundo Peña (acting)
1886
Daniel Aldana Manta (5th time) (s.a.)
Magdalena
13 May 1857 Federal State of Magdalena created by federal legislation.
Governors (later presidents)
1857 - 1858
José María Sojo
1858 - 1860
Eduardo Salazar
1860 - 1861
Pedro Consuegra
1861 - 1862
Francisco de Labarces (acting)
1862 - 1864
José María Luis Herrera (acting)
1864 - 1865
Joaquín Vengoechea
1865 - 1867
Tomás Abello (acting)
1867 - 1868
Joaquín Riascos (1st time)(acting) (b. 1833 - d. 1875)
1868
José Ignacio Diaz Granados
(1st time)(acting)
1868 - 1869
Manuel Vengoechea
1869 - 1871
Manuel Abello
1871 - 1874
José María Campo Serrano
(b. 1836 - d. 1915)
(1st time)
1874 - 1875
José Ignacio Diaz Granados
(2nd time)
1875
Joaquín Riascos (2nd time)(acting) (s.a.)
1876 - 1878
Manuel Davila García (acting)
1878 - 1879
Luis Robles
1879 - 1884
José María Campo Serrano
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
1884 - 1886
M.S. Ramón
Panama
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![[Flag of Panama State 1855 (Colombia)]](co_gc-pa.gif)
![[State of Panama 1861 (Colombia)]](co_ung-p.gif)
![[State of Panama flag 1861-1884 (Colombia)]](co_61pan.gif)
18 Nov 1840 State of Panama (secession from Colombia)(see Panama).
20 Mar 1841 State of the Isthmus
31 Dec 1841 Re-incorporation into Colombia.
27 Feb 1855 - 5 Aug 1886 Federal State of Panamá created by federal legislation.
3 Nov 1903 Independence from Colombia declared (see Panama).
Governors
1855 - 15 Jul 1855
Manuel María Díaz (3rd time)
(acting)
15 Jul 1855 - 3 Oct 1855 Justo Arosemena Quesada
(b. 1817 - d. 1896)
(initially provisional head of state)
3 Oct 1855 - 1 Oct 1856 Francisco de Fábrega
(acting) (b. 1815 - d. 1879)
1 Oct 1856 - 5 May 1858 Bartolomé Calvo
y Díaz de Lamadrid (b. 1815 - d. 1889)
5 May 1858 - 1 Oct 1858 Ramón Gamboa (acting)
1 Oct 1858 - 2 Nov 1858 Rafael Núñez
(acting)
(b. 1825 - d. 1894)
2 Nov 1858 - 1 Oct 1860 José de Obaldía
y Orejuela (s.a.)
(3rd time)
1 Oct 1860 - 25 Jul 1862 Santiago de la Guardia y Arrue
(b. 1829 - d. 1862)
25 Jul 1862 - Aug 1862 Manuel María
Díaz (provisional)
(4th time)
Presidents
Aug 1862 - 18 Oct 1864 Peregrino Santacoloma
(d. 1890)
(acting from 1 Oct 1864)
18 Oct 1864 - 9 Mar 1865 José Leonardo Calancha
(acting)
9 Mar 1865 - 1 Oct 1866 Gil Colunje
(b. 1831 - d. 1899)
(provisional to 1 Jul 1865, then acting)
1 Oct 1866 - 13 Mar 1868 Vicente Olarte Galindo
(d. 1868)
14 Mar 1868 - 5 Jul 1868 Justo José Díaz
(acting)
5 Jul 1868 - 29 Aug 1868 Fernando Ponce (provisional)
29 Aug 1868 - 1 Oct 1872 Buenaventura Correoso (1st
time) (b. 1831 - d. 1911)
(acting to 1 Oct 1868)
1 Oct 1872 - 5 Apr 1873 Gabriel Neira (1st time)
(acting)
5 Apr 1873 - 8 May 1873 Dámaso A. Cervera
(1st time) (b. 1837 - d. 1898)
(acting)
8 May 1873 - 12 Nov 1873 Gabriel Neira (2nd time)
(acting to 1 Oct 1873, then provisional)
12 Nov 1873 - 1 Oct 1875 Gregorio Miró
1 Oct 1875 - 12 Oct 1875 Pablo Arosemena Alba (1st
time) (b. 1836 - d. 1920)
12 Oct 1875 - 1 Jan 1878 Rafael Aizpuru (1st time)
(provisional to 1 Jan 1876)
1 Jan 1878 - 29 Dec 1878 Buenaventura Correoso (2nd
time) (s.a.)
29 Dec 1878 - 7 Jun 1879 José Ricardo Casorla
(1st time)
(acting)
7 Jun 1879 - 15 Jun 1879 Gerardo Ortega (1st time)
(acting) (b. 1843 - d. 1925)
15 Jun 1879 - 17 Jun 1879 José Ricardo Casorla (2nd
time)
(acting)
17 Jun 1879 - 1 Jan 1880 Gerardo Ortega (2nd time)
(acting) (s.a.)
1 Jan 1880 - 2 Jul 1883 Dámaso A. Cervera
(2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting)
2 Jul 1883 - 6 Jul 1883 Benjamín Ruiz
(1st time) (acting) (b. 1852 - d. 1914)
6 Jul 1883 - 10 Jul 1883 Dámaso A. Cervera (3rd
time) (s.a.)
(acting)
10 Jul 1883 - 13 Jul 1883 Benjamín Ruiz (2nd time)
(acting) (s.a.)
13 Jul 1883 - 27 Nov 1884 Dámaso A. Cervera (4th time)
(s.a.)
(acting)
27 Nov 1884 - 7 Jan 1885 José María Vives
León (acting)
7 Jan 1885 - 16 Feb 1885 Ramón Santodomingo
Vila (1st time)
16 Feb 1885 - 26 Mar 1885 Pablo Arosemena Alba (2nd time)
(s.a.)
(acting)
26 Mar 1885 - Apr 1885 Carlos A. Gónima
(civil and military chief)
Apr 1885 - 1 May 1885 Rafael Aizpuru
(2nd time)
(civil and military chief)
1 May 1885 - 15 Feb 1886 Miguel Montoya
(civil and miltary chief)
15 Feb 1886 - 1886
Ramón Santodomingo Vila (2nd time)
1886 - 5 Aug 1886
Manuel Amador Guerrero (acting) (b. 1833 - d. 1909)
Santander
13 May 1857
Federal State of Santander created by federal legislation.
16 Aug 1860 - 8 Sep 1860 Federal intervention,
state government suspended.
Presidents
16 Oct 1857 - 23 Oct 1857 Estanislao Silva Calderón
(acting) (b. 1822 - d. 1890)
23 Oct 1857 - 10 Jan 1859 Manuel Murillo Toro
(b. 1816 - d. 1880)
10 Jan 1859 - 12 Mar 1859 Vicente Herrera (acting)
(b. 1826 - d. 1859)
16 Mar 1859 - 1859
Ezequiel Canal
(provisional, set up by federal government)
18 Mar 1859 - 21 Mar 1859 Luis Flórez (acting)
21 Mar 1859 - 3 Apr 1859 Evaristo Azuero (acting)
3 Apr 1859 - 23 Nov 1859 Eustorgio Salgar (1st time)
(b. 1831 - d. 1885)
(acting)
23 Nov 1859 - 1 Jan 1860 Ulpiano Valenzuela (acting)
1 Jan 1860 - 1 Feb 1860 Antonio María
Pradilla Rueda (b. 1822 - d. 1878)
(1st time) (acting)
1 Feb 1860 - 29 Feb 1860 José María Villamizar
Gallardo (b. 1832 - d. 1910)
(1st time) (acting)
29 Feb 1860 - 6 May 1860 Marco Antonio Estrada (1st
time)
(acting)
6 May 1860 - 16 Aug 1860 Antonio María Pradilla
Rueda (s.a.)
(2nd time) (acting)
16 Aug 1860 - 8 Sep 1860 Federal intervention, state
government suspended
8 Sep 1860 - 1861
Leonardo Canal González
(b. 1822 - d. 1874)
(provisional, set up by federal government)
1861
Marco Antonio Estrada (2nd time)
(acting)
1861 - 11 Aug 1861
Pedro Quintero Jácome (acting) (d. 1868)
11 Aug 1861 - 6 Jun 1864 Eustorgio Salgar (2nd time)
(s.a.)
7 Jun 1864 - 11 Oct 1864 Rafael Otero Navarro (acting)
(b. 1819 - d. 1879)
11 Oct 1864 - 1 Oct 1866 José María Villamizar
Gallardo (s.a.)
(2nd time)
1 Oct 1866 - 24 Sep 1868 Victoriano de Diego Paredes
24 Sep 1868 - 1 Oct 1868 Narciso Cadena Uribe (1st
time) (b. 1829 - d. 1884)
(acting)
1 Oct 1868 - 14 Mar 1870 Eustorgio Salgar (3rd time)
(s.a.)
14 Mar 1870 - 30 Mar 1870 Narciso Cadena Uribe (2nd time)
(s.a.)
(acting)
30 Mar 1870 - 1 Oct 1872 Solón Wilches (1st
time)
(acting to 1 Oct 1870)
1 Oct 1872 - 15 Sep 1874 Narciso Cadena Uribe (3rd
time) (s.a.)
15 Sep 1874 - 1 Oct 1874 Alejandro Gómez Santos
(acting)
1 Oct 1874 - 16 May 1875 Germán Vargas Santos
(acting)
16 May 1875 - 25 May 1876 Aquileo Parra Gómez
(b. 1825 - d. 1900)
25 May 1876 - 1 Oct 1878 Marco Antonio Estrada (3rd
time)
(acting to 1 Oct 1876)
1 Oct 1878 - 9 Sep 1884 Solón Wilches
(2nd time)
9 Sep 1884 - 188.
Narciso González Lineros (acting) (b. 1823 - d. ....)
188. - 5 Aug 1886
Antonio Roldán
(civil and military chief)
Tolima
20 Sep 1861
Federal State of Tolima created by federal legislation
(separated from Cundinamarca).
Governors
12 Apr 1861 - 4 May 1861 Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera
(b. 1798 - d. 1878)
(federal president in charge of the state executive)
4 May 1861 - 1861
Ángel María Céspedes Buendía
(b. 1814 - d. ....)
1861 - 1862
Rafael Buenaventura
Presidents
1862
Francisco Eustaquio Álvarez
(b. 1827 - d. 1897)
1862 - 1863
José María Cuéllar Poveda
1863 - 1864
Eugenio Castilla (1st time)
1864 - 1865
José Hilario López Valdés
(b. 1788 - d. 1869)
1865
Clímaco Iriarte Castro
1865 - 1866
Antonio María Forero
1866
Juan Nepomuceno Iregui (acting)
1866 - 1867
Mariano Guerra (acting)
23? May 1867 - 1867 Inocencio
Leytón (acting)
1867
Nicolás Rocha Castilla (acting)
1867
Eugenio Castilla (2nd time)
(acting)
1867 - 9 Dec 1867
Antonio Dussán Manrique (acting) (d. 1876)
9 Dec 1867 - 1870
Domingo Caycedo y Jurado
(b. 1820 - d. 1900)
1870 - 1874
José Uldarico Leyva
1874 - 1876
Joaquín María Córdoba
1876
Antonio Basilio Cuervo y Urisarri (b. 1834 - d. 1893)
(acting)
1876 - 4 Sep 1876
Aníbal Galindo (provisional)
(b. 1834 - d. 1901)
4 Sep 1876 - 1876
Gabriel Reyes-Patria Valderrama
(civil and military chief)
1876 - 1877
Trifón Azuero (acting)
1877 - 1878
Ignacio Manrique C. (1st time)
1878 - 1879
Benito Salas H.
1879 - 1880
Ignacio Manrique C. (2nd time)
1880 - 1882
Frutos Santos (acting)
1882 - 1884
Marcelo Barrios
1884 - Mar 1885
Gabriel González Gaitán
Mar 1885 - 5 Aug 1886 Manuel Casabianca
(b. 1840 - d. 1901)
(civil and military chief)
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