Roberto H. Todd Wells

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Roberto H. Todd Wells (1862–1955) was a founder of the Puerto Rico Republican Party. A native of Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, he was born on October 13, 1862, and died in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on September 16, 1955.[1] He served as a delegate to the House in 1900 and mayor of San Juan from 1903–1923.

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Todd Wells married Celestina Borrás and had a son named Roberto H. Todd Borrás. Todd Wells's son, born on March 6, 1891, in New York City, served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico from 1951 to 1952.[2]

Who was Roberto H. Todd? There is a major road named after him in Puerto Rico...Avenida Roberto H. Todd.

Roberto H. Todd was a leader in the Puerto Rican section of the Cuban Revolutionary Party. He was a Lawyer in Puerto Rico, Major of San Juan, and a Judge in Puerto Rico. He was a major player in Puerto Rican History!

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  1. ^ Esther M. Melón de Díaz. Puerto Rico: Figuras, apuntes históricos, símbolos nacionales. 1975. p. 244.
  2. ^ Conrado Asenjo Díaz. Quien es quién en Puerto Rico: 1848–1849. pp. 169–170.

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