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Colombian States 1855-1886 

(and Panama 1508 - 1903)


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

State of Antioquia flag 1861

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]

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

State of Bolívar flag

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

State of Boyacá flag 1861

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

State of Cauca flag 1861

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

State of Cundinamarca flag 1861

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

State of Magdalena flag 1861

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
 
[Spanish War Ensign (1785-1931)]
                    to 28 Nov 1821
 
Flag of Isthmus Province 1821
           1821 - 1831
 
Flag of Isthmus Province 1831
                    1831 - 9 May 1834
 
Flag of Isthmus Province 1834
             9 May 1834 -1855
 
Flag of Isthmus Province 1855]
                 1855 - 26 Jul 1861
 
[State of Panama 1861]
            26 Jul 1861 - 26 Nov 1861
 
State of Panama flag 1861-1884
                26 Nov 1861 - 1886
 
State of Panama flag 1886
                 1886 - 3 Nov 1903
 
1508                       Spanish settlement at Darien.
1510                       Panama a Spanish colony.
1513                       Province of Castilla de Oro (part of Spanish colony of Peru).
1529                       Renamed Panamá
1538 - 1542                Audiencia of Panamá
1567 - 1718                Audiencia of Panamá (restored).
 4 Nov 1698 - 24 Apr 1700  Scottish colony at Darien (New Caledonia)(see under Panama).
1722 - 1751                Audiencia of Panamá (restored)
20 Aug 1739                Subordinated to Viceroyalty of New Granada (see Colombia).
20 Jul 1812 - 1816         Loyal to Spain during Colombian independence revolt.
28 Nov 1821                Independence from Spain.
 9 Feb 1822                Incorporated into New Granada (department of the Isthmus).
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
1508 - 1511                Diego de Nicuesa 
1511 - 1513                Vasco Núñez de Balboa 
1513 - 1520                Pedro Arias Dávila o 
                             Pedrerias Dávila (1st time)
1520                       Lope de Sosa 
1520 - 1526                Pedro Arias Dávila o 
                             Pedrerias Dávila (2nd time)
1526 - 1529                Pedro de los Ríos 
1529 - 1532                Antonio de la Gama
1533 - 1536                Francisco Barrionuevo
1536                       Pascual de Andagoya
1536 - 1538                Pedro Vázquez de Acuña 
Governor/Presidents
1538 - 1539                Pedro Vázquez de Acuña 
1540                       Cristóbal Vaca de Castro
1540 - 1543                Junta
Governors
1543 - 1545                Pedro Ramírez de Quiñones 
                             (1st time)
1545                       Pedro Casaos 
1545                       Diego de Herrera 
1545 - 1546                Hernando de Bichacao 
1546                       Pedro de Rivero 
1546                       Pedro Antonio de Hinojosa 
1546                       Pedro de La Gasca 
1546 - 1548                Alonso de Álvarez 
1548                       Pedro Ramírez de Quiñones 
                             (2nd time)
1549 - 1550                Juan Barba de Vallecillo 
1550 - 1553                Sancho de Clavijo 
1553 - 1556                Álvaro de Sosa 
1557 - 1559                Juan Ruiz de Monjarás 
1559 - 1561                Rafael de Figueroa 
1561 - 1563                Luis de Guzmán 
1563                       Juan Busto de Villegas 
                             (did not serve)
1563 - 1564                Lope García de Castro 
1565 - 1566                Manuel Barros de San Millán
                             (1st time)
1566                       Alonso Arias de Herrera y
                             Maldonado 
1566                       Juan de Pinedo 
Governor/Presidents
1567 - 1569                Manuel Barros de San Millán 
                             (2nd time)
1569 - 1573                Diego Lope de Vera 
1573 - 1578                Gabriel Loarte 
1578                       Juan López de Cepeda (interim) 
1576 - 1585                Pedro Ramírez de Quiñones 
                             (3rd time)
1585 - 1587                Juan del Barrio Sepúlveda
                             (1st time)
1587 - 1596                Francisco de Cárdenas 
1596                       Juan del Barrio Sepúlveda 
                             (interim) (2nd time)
1596 - 1602                Alonso Sotomayor y Andía 
1602 - 1604                Hernando de Añazco 
1605 - 1614                Francisco Valverde de Mercado 
1614 - 1616                Francisco Manso de Contreras 
1616 - 1619                Diego Fernández de Velasco
1619 - 1621                Juan de la Cruz Rivadeneira 
1621                       Roque Chávez 
1621 - 1627                Rodrigo Vivero y Velasco 
1627                       Juan de Colmenares Andrade 
                             (did not serve)
1627                       Francisco Brienda y Cárdenas 
                             (declined office)
1627 - 1632                Álvaro de Quiñones Osorio y 
                             Miranda
1632 - 1634                Sebastián Hurtado de Corcuera 
                             y Gaviría
1634 - 1638                Enrique Enríquez de Sotomayor 
1638                       Andrés Garabito de León
                             (interim)
1638 - 1642                Iñigo de la Motta Sarmiento 
1643 - 1646                Juan de la Vega y Bazán 
1646 - 1649                Juan Fernández de Córdoba y
                             Croalla 
1649 - 1650                Juan Barba Vallecillo 
1650 - 1651                Juan de Bitrián Navarra y 
                             Biamonte (interim)
1651                       Diego de Orozco (interim)
1651 - 1652                Francisco de Guzmán de Toledo 
                             (interim)
1651                       Sebastián Hurtado de Corcuera 
                             (declined office)
1651                       Francisco Herrera y Henríquez 
                             (declined office)
1652 - 1657                Pedro Carrilla de Guzmán
1658 - 1663                Fernando Ibáñez de la 
                             Riva Aguero y Setien
1663 - 1665                Pablo Figueroa 
1665 - 1667                Juan Pérez de Guzmán y Gonzaga
                             (1st time)
1667 - 1669                Agustín de Bracamonte, Jr. 
1669                       Diego de Ibarra (interim)
                             (1st time)
1669 - 1671                Juan Pérez de Guzmán y Gonzaga
                             (2nd time)
1671                       Diego de Ibarra (interim)
                             (2nd time)(declined office)
1671                       Luis Losada Quinoñes (magistrate)
1671                       Andres Martínez de Amileta
                             (magistrate)
1671                       Francisco Miguel de Marichalar 
                             (1st time)
1671 - 1673                Antonio Fernández de Córdoba y
                             Mendoza 
1673 - 1675                Antonio de León, Obispo de Panamá 
1675 - 1676                Francisco Miguel de Marichalar 
                             (2nd time)
1676 - 1681                Alonso Mercado de Villacorta 
1681 - 1682                Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita, 
                             Obispo de Panamá 
1682                       José Alzamora 
1682 - 1690                Pedro Ponte de Llorena Hoyo y
                             Calderón, conde de Palmar
1690 - 1695                Pedro José de Guzmán Dávalos,
                             marqués de Mina 
1695 - 1696                Diego Ladrón de Guvera,
                             Obispo de Panamá 
1696 - 1699                Pedro Luis Henríquez de Guzmán,
                             conde de Canillas (1st time)
1699                       José Antonio de la Rocha y 
                             Carranza (1st time)
1699 - 1702                Pedro Luis Henríquez de Guzmán,
                             conde de Canillas (2nd time)
1702 - 1706                Fernando D'Avila Bravo de Laguna
1706                       Juan Eustaquio Vicentel Toledo
                             y Luca, marqués de Brenes
1706 - 1708                José Antonio de la Rocha y 
                             Carranza, marques de Brenes
                             (1st time)
1708 - 1709                Fernando Haro de Monterroso
1709 - 1710                Juan Bautista de Ureta e Irusta
1710 - 1711                Juan de la Rañeta y Vera
1711                       José Antonio de la Rocha y 
                             Carranza, marques de Brenes
                             (2nd time)
1711 - 1718                José Hurtado de Amézaga
Governors
1718                       Juan José Llamas y Rivas, 
                             Obispo de Panamá
1718 - 1723                Jerónimo Vadillo
Governors/Presidents
1723 - 1724                Gaspar Pérez Buelta
1724                       José Alzamora y Ursino (interim)
1724 - 1730                Manuel de Aldrete
1730 - 1735                Juan José Andía Viero Velasco
                             Urnina y Velasco, marqués
                             de Villa Hermosa
1735 - 1748                Dionisio Martínez de la Vega
1749 - 1751                Manuel de Montiano
Governors
1751 - 1758                Manuel de Montiano
1758 - 1761                Antonio Guil y Gonzaga
1762                       José Roan (interim)
1762 - 1764                José de Arana y Garnica (interim)
1764 - Jul 1767            José Blasco de Orosco            (d. 1767)
1767                       Joaquín Cabrejo (interim)
1767 - 1768                Manuel de Agreda (interim)
1768 - 1769                Nicolás de Castro (1st time)     (d. 1772)
Dec 1769 - Jun 1772        Vicente de Olaciregui            (d. 1772)
Jun 1772 - 1772            Nicolás de Castro (2nd time)     (s.a.)
                             (interim)
1773 - May 1774            Nicholás Quijano                 (d. 1774)
May 1774 - 1774            Francisco Navas (interim)
1774 - Nov 1779            Pedro Carbonell Pinto Vigo y
                             Correa
Nov 1779 - 1785            Ramón de Carvajal
1786 - 1793                José Dómas y Valle
1793 - 1803                Antonio Narváea y la Torre
15 Mar 1803 - 22 Feb 1805  Jaun de Marcos Urbina             (d. 1805)
1805 - 12 Jul 1812         Juan Antonio de la Mata           (d. 1812)
12 Jul 1812 - 1813         Víctor Salcedo y Somodevilla
1813 - 1815                Carlos Meyner
1815 - 1816                Francisco de Ayala Gudiño Medina  (d. 1816)
                             y Calderón (interim) 
1816                       José Alvarez (interim)
1816 - 17 Jul 1817         Juan Domingo de Iturraldo (interim)
17 Jul 1817 -  8 Jul 1820  Alejandro de Hore,                (d. 1820)
                             mariscal de Campo
 8 Jul 1820 - 28 Dec 1820  Francisco Aguilar (interim)
28 Dec 1820 -  2 Aug 1821  Pedro Ruíz de Porras              (d. 1821)
Aug 1821 - Aug 1821        Tomás Cires (acting)
Aug 1821 - 22 Oct 1821     Juan de la Cruz Mourgeón y Achet
22 Oct 1821 - 28 Nov 1821  José de Fábrega (1st time) 
                             (interim)
Military governor
 9 Feb 1822 - 1826         José María Carreño
Governors
 9 Feb 1822 - 1826         Juan José Argote (1st time) 
1823                       Carlos Icaza Arosemena (1st time) 
                             (acting)
1826                       Manuel Muñoz (1st time)(acting)
1826 - 1827                José de Fábrega (1st time)
1827                       José Domingo Espinar (1st time)
1827 - Jun 1828            Manuel Muñoz (2nd time)(acting)
Jun 1828 - 1829            José Sardá
1829 - 1830                José de Fábrega (2nd time)
1830 - Dec 1830            José Domingo Espinar (2nd time)
Dec 1830 - 1831            Juan Eligio Alzuru                  (d. 1831)
 1 Jul 1831 - Jul 1831     Justo Paredes -Superior Chief       (d. 1854) 
Jul 1831 - 1832            Tomás de Herrera -Military governor (b. 1804 - d. 1854) 
                             (1st time)
1832                       Pedro Jiménez
1832 - 1833                Juan José Argote (2nd time)
1833 - 1834                Juan B. Feraud
1834 - 1836                Manuel José Hurtado
1836 - 1840                Pedro de Obarrio
1840                       Carlos Icaza Arosemena (2nd time)
18 May 1840 - 1842         Tomás de Herrera (2nd time)      (s.a.)
1841 - 31 Dec 1841         see under independent Panama
1842                       Miguel Chiari
1842                       J. Victoria y Echavarría
1843 - 1845                Anselmo Pineda
1845                       José de Obaldía y Orejuela       (b. 1806 - d. 1889)
                             (1st time)
1845 - 1846                Tomás de Herrera (3rd time)      (s.a.)
1846                       Manuel Quesada
1846                       José María Barriga
1849                       Manuel María Díaz (1st time)
                             (acting)
1849                       Tomás de Herrera (4th time)      (s.a.)
1850 - 1851                José de Obaldía y Orejuela       (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
1851                       Manuel María Díaz (2nd time)
                             (acting)
1851                       Tomás de Herrera (4th time)      (s.a.)
1851                       Juan Antonio Bermúdez
1851                       Carlos Icaza Arosemena (3rd time)
1852                       Tomás de Herrera (5th time)      (s.a.)
1852                       Antonio Planas
1852                       Bernardo Arze De Mata (1st time)
1852 - 1853                Salvador Camacho Roldán
1853                       Bernardo Arze De Mata (2nd time)
                             (acting)
1854                       José María Urrutia Añio
1854 - 1855                Juan Echavarría
1855                       Isidro de Diego
1855                       Damián José Pacheco
1855                       Bernardo Arze De Mata (3rd time)
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)
Governors
1886 - 1887                Alejandro Posada (1st time)
1887 - 1888                Juan V. Aycardi (1st time)
1888                       Alejandro Posada (2nd time)
1888 - 1893                Juan V. Aycardi (2nd time)
1893 - 1898                Ricardo Arango
1898 - 1899                Facundo Mutis Durán
1899 - 1900                José María Campo Serrano
1899 - 1900                Alejandro Orillac  (acting)
1900 - 1902                Carlos Albán
1902                       Aristides Arjona
1902 - 1903                Víctor Manuel Salazar 
                             ("accidental")
1903 -  3 Nov 1903         José Domingo de Obaldía            (b. 1845 - d. 1910)



Santander

State of Santander flag 1861

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

State of Tolima flag 1861

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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