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1st Senate Of Haiti
The 1st Senate of Haiti was organized from the Constituent Assembly which drafted the 1806 Constitution. After the elected president and previous Provisional Chief Executive of Haiti Henri Christophe took up arms against the Senate, the Senate retaliated by stripping power from Christophe and electing Alexandre Pétion as president of Haiti in early 1807. The 24-member Senate was the first legislative body in post-revolutionary Haiti, and was designed by Pétion to be a powerful body. The members were nominated by Pétion from regions of the country for affirmation by the members, with a third each being selected for nine, six and three-year terms. The Senate was suspended until 1811 due to the power struggle which split Haiti between Pétion and Christophe. Those senators who remained in office representing western and southern Haiti voted to re-elect Pétion to the presidency on March 9, 1811 and again in 1815. However, Pétion tired of the Senate, and successfully pushed for a sig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Christophe
Henri Christophe (; 6 October 1767 – 8 October 1820) was a key leader in the Haitian Revolution and the only monarch of the Kingdom of Haiti. Born in the British West Indies, British Caribbean, Christophe was possibly of Senegambian descent. Beginning with the slave uprising of 1791, he rose to power in the ranks of the Haitian revolutionary military. The revolution succeeded in gaining independence from France in 1804. In 1805 he took part under Jean-Jacques Dessalines in the capture of Era de Francia, Santo Domingo (now Dominican Republic), against French forces who acquired the colony from Spain in the Peace of Basel, Treaty of Basel. After Dessalines was assassinated, Christophe retreated to the Plaine-du-Nord and created a separate government. On 17 February 1807, he was elected President of Haïti, president of the State of Haiti, as he named that area. Alexandre Pétion was elected president of the Republic of Haiti (1806–1820), Republic of Haiti in the south. On 26 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
