1942 Dominican Republic General Election
General elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 1942.Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p247 Rafael Trujillo, who had previously served as president from 1930 to 1938, was the sole presidential candidate and was returned to office unopposed. He had remained the country's ''de facto'' leader even after leaving office for the first time. His Dominican Party won every seat in the Congressional elections. They were the first elections in Dominican history in which women could vote, and three women were elected; Isabel Mayer to the Senate and Milady Félix de L'Official and Josefa Sánchez de González to the Chamber of Deputies.Julien Moritzen (1943Political Emancipation of Women in the Dominican Republic''Bulletin of the Pan American Union'', Volume 77, pp149–154 Results References {{Dominican Republic elections Dominican Republic 1942 in the Dominican Republic Elections in the Dominican Republic One-party ele ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Rafael Trujillo
Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina ( ; ; 24 October 1891 – 30 May 1961), nicknamed ''El Jefe'' (; "the boss"), was a Dominican military officer and dictator who ruled the Dominican Republic from August 1930 until Rafael Trujillo#Assassination, his assassination in May 1961. He served as the 36th and 39th President of the Dominican Republic, president from 1930 to 1938 and again from 1942 to 1952. He also served as the first generalissimo, the ''de facto'' most powerful position in the country at the time from 1930 until his assassination. Under that position, Trujillo served under figurehead presidents.Jacinto Peynado from 16 August 1938 to 24 February 1940; Manuel de Troncoso de la Concha from 24 February 1940 to 18 May 1942; Héctor Trujillo from 16 August 1952 to 3 August 1960; Joaquín Balaguer from 3 August 1960 until 16 January 1962, eight months after Trujillo's death. Trujillo's 31-year rule, the Third Dominican Republic, Trujillo Era ( or ''La Era de Trujillo''), was ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Manuel De Jesús Troncoso De La Concha
Manuel de Jesús María Ulpiano Troncoso de la Concha (3 April 1878 – 30 May 1955) was a Dominican politician and intellectual who was the 38th president of the Dominican Republic from 1940 until 1942. Prior to ascending to the presidency, he was the 23rd vice president under President Jacinto Peynado from 1938 to 1940. Troncoso became president upon the resignation of Peynado. He also served in 1911 during the reign of the Council of Secretaries. He is also known in the Dominican Republic as Pipí. Troncoso assumed the presidency after President Peynado resigned on 24 February 1940, a few weeks before dying on 7 March. Despite being the president, Troncoso had little power due to the fact that at the time, he was a puppet of Rafael Trujillo, the ''de facto'' leader of the country due to his position as generalissimo, the ''de facto'' head of state and head of government of the country at the time since Trujillo created that position in 1934. Early life and education Troncoso ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean. It shares a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Puerto Rico to the east and a Dominican Republic–Haiti border, land border with Haiti to the west, occupying the Geography of the Dominican Republic, eastern five-eighths of Hispaniola which, along with Saint Martin (island), Saint Martin, is one of only two islands in the Caribbean shared by two sovereign states. In the Antilles, the country is the List of Caribbean islands by area, second-largest nation by area after Cuba at and List of Caribbean countries by population, second-largest by population after Haiti with approximately 11.4 million people in 2024, of whom 3.6 million reside in the Greater Santo Domingo, metropolitan area of Santo Domingo, the capital city. The native Taíno people had inhabited Hispaniola prior to European colonization of the America ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Dieter Nohlen
Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An expert on electoral system An electoral or voting system is a set of rules used to determine the results of an election. Electoral systems are used in politics to elect governments, while non-political elections may take place in business, nonprofit organizations and inf ...s and political development, he has published several books. Bibliography Books published by Nohlen include: *''Electoral systems of the world'' (in German, 1978) *''Lexicon of politics'' (seven volumes) *''Elections and Electoral Systems'' (1996) *''Elections in Africa: A Data Handbook'' (1999 with Michael Krennerich and Bernhard Thibaut) *''Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook'' (2001 with and Christof Hartmann) ** ''Volume 2: South East Asia, East ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Dominican Party
The Dominican Party (, PD) was the ''de facto'' only permitted political party in the Dominican Republic during the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo, who ruled the country from 1930 to 1961. Its symbol was a palm tree. History The Dominican Party was founded on 2 August 1931, a year after Trujillo came to power. It was an outgrowth of the "Patriotic Coalition of Citizens" that supported Trujillo's run for president. Soon afterward, it was proclaimed to be the only legal party. On 16 August 1935, the HIN radio station, known as "The Voice of the Dominican Party", was opened. It was dedicated to serving as the media propagator of the activities of the Dominican Party. The insignia of the Party had a motto that coincided with Trujillo's initials: *Rectitud (Righteousness) = Rafael *Libertad (Freedom; Liberty) = Leónidas *Trabajo (Work; Labour) = Trujillo. Later, he added: Moralidad (Morality) = Molina. Officially, Trujillo was only president from 1930 until 1938 and from 1942 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Women's Suffrage
Women's suffrage is the women's rights, right of women to Suffrage, vote in elections. Several instances occurred in recent centuries where women were selectively given, then stripped of, the right to vote. In Sweden, conditional women's suffrage was in effect during the Age of Liberty (1718–1772), as well as in American Revolution, Revolutionary and early-independence Women's suffrage in New Jersey, New Jersey (1776–1807) in the US.Karlsson Sjögren, Åsa, ''Männen, kvinnorna och rösträtten: medborgarskap och representation 1723–1866'' [Men, women, and suffrage: citizenship and representation 1723–1866], Carlsson, Stockholm, 2006 (in Swedish). Pitcairn Islands, Pitcairn Island allowed women to vote for its councils in 1838. The Kingdom of Hawai'i, which originally had universal suffrage in 1840, rescinded this in 1852 and was subsequently annexed by the United States in 1898. In the years after 1869, a number of provinces held by the British Empire, British and Russi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Isabel Mayer
Isabel Mayer (1885-1961) was a Dominican feminist, politician and socialite from the province of Monte Cristi in the Northwest of the Dominican Republic. She was a member of the feminist group Acción Feminista Dominicana (AFD) that helped secure suffrage for women in the Dominican Republic in 1942 under dictator Rafael Trujillo. She served as a senator from her home province from 1942-1944 and also as governor of both Monte Cristi and Santiago. A number of foreign journalists referred to her as a ''celestina'', or madam, for Trujillo during the regime. Early life Isabel Mayer was born on February 7, 1885, to a wealthy land-owning family in the Monte Cristi province of the Dominican Republic. Her parents were Emilio Mayer and Virginia Rodríguez. She attended Welgelegen School in Curaçao. In 1909 she was crowned the queen of carnival in Monte Cristi. She married Manuel Tavárez Ramos and had one child, Carmen Isabel Tavárez Mayer, in the early 1910s but soon divorced and never ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Milady Félix De L'Official
Milady (from ''my lady'') is a French manner of address to a noble woman, the feminine form of milord. Milady, M'Lady, or similar, may also refer to: Fictional characters *Milady de Winter, fictional character in Alexandre Dumas, père's d'Artagnan Romances novels *Milady, fictional character in the preschool series ''44 Cats'' *Milady, fictional character in the Italian comic series '' Milady 3000'' Other uses * Milady Tack-Fang (born 1949), Cuban fencer *The Milady Handicap, an American thoroughbred race horse race *''Milady'', a 1923 French drama film directed by Henri Diamant-Berger * ''M'Lady'' (play), a 1921 British play by Edgar Wallace * "M'Lady" (Sly and the Family Stone song), a 1968 song by Sly & the Family Stone *'' M'Lady'', a 1974 album by Australian artist Colleen Hewett * "My Lady" (Exo song), a 2013 song by Exo off the album ''XOXO'' See also * " Panagia mou, panagia mou" (1976 song, ), song by Mariza Koch for the 1976 Eurovision * * Milord (other) ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Josefa Sánchez De González
Josefa Sánchez de González was a Dominican Republic teacher and politician. In 1942 she was elected to the Chamber of Deputies, becoming one of the first group of Dominican Congresswomen. Biography A teacher by profession, Sánchez de González was a candidate in Santiago Province the 1942 general elections, the first after women were granted the right to vote. With the Dominican Party of president Rafael Trujillo being the sole legal party, she was elected unopposed and became one of the first three women in the Congress A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups. The term originated in Late Middle English to denote an encounter (meeting of ....Ylonka Nacidit Perdomo: 100 M ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
1942 Elections In The Caribbean
Year 194 ( CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar became a Roman Consul. * Battle of Issus: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to Antioch, and is executed by Severus' troops. * Septimius Severus besieges Byzantium (194–196); the city walls suffer extensive damage. Asia * Battle of Yan Province: Warlords Cao Cao and Lü Bu fight for control over Yan Province; the battle lasts for over 100 days. * First year of the ''Xingping'' era during the Han Dynasty in Ch ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Elections In The Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a unitary state with elected officials at the national and local levels. On a national level, head of state, the President, is elected directly by the people. The national legislature, the Congress of the Republic (''Congreso de la República''), is divided into two chambers: the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. There are also elected offices at the local level (municipalities or cities and municipal districts). It is estimated that across the whole country, over four thousand offices are filled in every electoral cycle. The Dominican Republic has a multi-party system, The Constitution define how elections are held and the eligibility of voters. The law regulates most aspects of the election, including primaries, the running of each electoral college, and the running of national and local elections. The financing of elections has been a controversial part of it, because private sources make up substantial amounts of campaign contributions, espec ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |