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Tomás Regalado (Salvadoran politician)

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President of El Salvador from 1898 to 1903

In thisHispanic American name, the first or paternal surname is Regalado and the second or maternal family name is Romero.

General Tomás Regalado


46th President of El Salvador
In office 14 November 1898 – 1 March 1903 Provisional President until 1 March 1899
Vice President	Francisco Antonio Reyes
Preceded by	Rafael Antonio Gutiérrez
Succeeded by	Pedro José Escalón
Minister of War of El Salvador
In office 1 March 1903 – 11 July 1906
President	Pedro José Escalón
Preceded by	Rafael Severo López
Succeeded by	Fernando Figueroa

Personal details
Born	Tomás Herculano de Jesús Regalado Romero (1860-11-07)7 November 1860 Santa Ana, El Salvador
Died	11 July 1906(1906-07-11) (aged 45) Jutiapa, Guatemala
Party	Liberal
Spouse	Concepción González Fortis (m. 1894)
Children	2
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	El Salvador
Branch/service	Salvadoran Army
Years of service	?–1906
Rank	General
Battles/wars	First Totoposte War Revolution of the 44 1898 Salvadoran coup d'état 1898 Izalco Revolt Second Totoposte War Third Totoposte War †

Tomás Herculano de Jesús Regalado Romero (7 November 1861 – 11 July 1906) was a Salvadoran military officer and politician who served as thepresident of El Salvador from 14 November 1898 to 1 March 1903. He gained power by deposing GeneralRafael Antonio Gutiérrez whom Regalado had previously helped achieve control of the country by taking part in theRevolution of the 44 four years earlier. Regaladowas elected to a four-year term in 1899. He promoted the construction ofrailways, declared anamnesty for political exiles, and began the construction of the Santa Ana Theater.

Early life

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Tomás Herculano de Jesús Regalado Romero was born on 7 November 1861 inSanta Ana, El Salvador. He was baptized the following day. His parents were Tomás Regalado and Petrona Romero de Regalado and he had seven siblings. Regalado married Concepción González Fortis, the daughter of former Salvadoran president MarshalSantiago González, on 8 October 1894 inNueva San Salvador. They had two children: Tomás and Marísa.^[1]

Political career

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Regalado was a member of the Santa Ana municipal council in 1886 and 1889.^[2]

Upon leaving office, Regalado remained active in theSalvadoran Army and was appointed Minister of War by his handpicked successor, GeneralPedro José Escalón. During awar againstGuatemala in 1906 he led a Salvadoran invasion force and went into battle. Seriously wounded, he soon died on 11 July.

Regalado was the last in a series of presidents who had come to power by force during the19th Century. Hispeaceful transfer of power to Escalón in 1903 allowed for a degree of political stability that persisted until the1931 Salvadoran coup d'état.

References

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Citations

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^Leistenschneider & Leistenschneider 1980, p. 157.
^Galdames Armas 1943, p. 240.

Bibliography

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Galdames Armas, Juan (1943).Hombres y Cosas de Santa Ana: Crónicas Históricas Documentadas de Hechos u Obras Notables de la Ciudad y Rasgos de la Vida de sus Hijos Más Ilustres [Men and Things of Santa Ana: Documented Historical Chronicles of Notable Events or Works of the City and Aspects of the Lives of Its Most Illustrious Sons] (in Spanish).Santa Ana, El Salvador. pp. 167–183.OCLC 55365899. Retrieved25 January 2026.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Leistenschneider, María & Leistenschneider, Freddy (1980).Gobernantes de El Salvador: Biografías [Governors of El Salvador: Biographies] (in Spanish).Ministry of the Interior.OCLC 7876291. Retrieved25 January 2026.

External links

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"Presidentes de El Salvador – General Tomás Regalado" [Presidents of El Salvador – General Tomás Regalado].Government of El Salvador (in Spanish). Archived fromthe original on 2 March 2009. Retrieved15 October 2022.

Political offices

Preceded by

Rafael Antonio Gutiérrez

President of El Salvador
1898–1903

Succeeded by

Pedro José Escalón

v t e Heads of state of El Salvador
List of heads of state of El Salvador
Post-independence (1821–1823)	Barriere Delgado Filísola Codallos Consultive Junta^‡ Prado^†
Federal Republic of Central America (1823–1841)	J. Rodríguez Prado J. V. Villacorta Prado Cornejo J. D. Villacorta^† Cornejo Morazán^† J. San Martín Prado J. San Martín C. Salazar^† G. Salazar^† Escolán^† Silva Espinoza F. Gómez Vigil T. Menéndez Vigil T. Menéndez Cañas^† Morazán Silva^† Cañas^† Ramírez^† Lindo^†
Republic of El Salvador (1841–1931)	Lindo^† Arce^† Marín^† J. J. Guzmán D. Villacorta^† Marín^† J. J. Guzmán Arce^† Palacios^† Malespín Palacios^† J. E. Guzmán Palacios^† Aguilar Palacios^† Aguilar Medina^† Quirós^† Vasconcelos R. Rodríguez^† Vasconcelos Dueñas^† Quirós^† Dueñas J. M. San Martín^† Dueñas V. Gómez^† J. M. San Martín J. Hernández^† J. M. San Martín Dueñas^† Campo Dueñas^† Campo Zepeda^† Santín Barrios^† Santín J. E. Guzmán^† Peralta^† Barrios Dueñas González Méndez^† González del Valle Zaldívar Guirola^† Zaldívar Figueroa^† Rosales^† F. Menéndez C. Ezeta A. Ezeta^† Gutiérrez Regalado Escalón Figueroa M. Araujo C. Meléndez^† Quiñónez^† C. Meléndez Quiñónez^† J. Meléndez Quiñónez P. Romero A. Araujo
Military presidents (1931–1979)	Civic Directory^‡ Hernández Martínez^† A. Menéndez^† Hernández Martínez A. Menéndez^† Aguirre^† Castaneda Revolutionary Council of Government^‡ Osorio Lemus Junta of Government^‡ Civic-Military Directory^‡ Cordón^† Rivera F. Sánchez A. Molina C. Romero
Salvadoran Civil War (1979–1992)	Revolutionary Government Junta^‡ Magaña Duarte Cristiani
Post-Civil War (since 1992)	Cristiani Calderón Flores Saca Funes S. Sánchez Bukele C. Rodríguez^†
^† – Acting or provisional president ^‡ – Military junta

v t e Ministers of National Defense of El Salvador
Ulloa Gómez Bosque Cabañas Quirós Aguilar Delgado Zaldívar Morán Mora C. Ezeta Escalón A. Ezeta Amaya Angulo Amaya Castro R. López Regalado Figueroa Peralta F. Martínez Quiñónez P. Romero Bosque Barahona Córdova P. Romero Bosque Zárate P. Romero Bosque Molina M. Martínez S. López Aguirre Valdés Menéndez M. Martínez Menéndez Garay Peña Castaneda Espínola F. Rodríguez Bolaños M. Molina Parada A. Castillo A. Molina Ó. Rodríguez Díaz Aurelio Torres C. Romero F. Castillo García Vides Larios Ponce Corado Guzmán J. Martínez O. Romero J. Molina Munguía Benítez Merino

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