The Republican Party (, PR) was a political party in

Costa Rica Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America. It borders Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, as well as Maritime bo ...

History

The party first contested national elections in

1902 Events January * January 1 ** The Nurses Registration Act 1901 comes into effect in New Zealand, making it the first country in the world to require state registration of nurses. On January 10, Ellen Dougherty becomes the world's ...

, when

Máximo Fernández Alvarado Máximo Fernández Alvarado (1858–1933) was a Costa Rican politician. Born in Desamparados in 1858, he graduated as a Bachelor in Philosophy and Letters at the University of Santo Tomas at fourteen years old and as a lawyer in the same instit ...

was its presidential candidate. Fernández finished second to National Union Party candidate

Ascensión Esquivel Ibarra Ascensión Esquivel Ibarra (10 May 1844 – 15 April 1923) was a Nicaraguan-born President of Costa Rica Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America. It borders Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean ...

. Fernández finished second again in the

1906 elections The following elections occurred in the year 1906. Asia * 1906 Persian legislative election Europe * 1906 Belgian general election * 1906 Croatian parliamentary election * Denmark ** 1906 Danish Folketing election ** 1906 Danish Landsting ele ...

Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno Romualdo Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno (6 February 1859 – 4 January 1945) was a Costa Rican lawyer and statesman who served as President of Costa Rica on three separate occasions: 1910–1914, 1924–1928, and 1932–1936. A prominent figure in ...

was the party's presidential candidate in

1910 Events January * January 6 – Abé people in the French West Africa colony of Côte d'Ivoire rise against the colonial administration; the rebellion is brutally suppressed by the military. * January 8 – By the Treaty of Punakha, t ...

. Although Fernández received the most votes in the 1913 presidential elections, he failed to secure a majority and declined to take up the post;

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 ex ...

(2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p186 Congress subsequently elected

Alfredo González Flores Alfredo González Flores (15 June 1877 - 28 December 1962), served as President (government title), President of Costa Rica from 1914 to 1917. He was unable to complete his presidential mandate following a 1917 Costa Rican coup d'état, coup d'� ...

as president. In the 1915 parliamentary elections, the party received 67% of the vote. Costa Rica was briefly a one-party state under President

Federico Tinoco Granados General José Federico Alberto de Jesús Tinoco Granados (21 November 1868 – 7 September 1931), known as "Pelico", was a politician, soldier, and dictator of Costa Rica from 1917 to 1919. Biography Tinoco was born in 1868. On 5 June ...

for the

1917 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force's ...

and January 1919 elections. Although the Republican Party received only 4% of the vote in the 1921 parliamentary elections, Jiménez Oreamuno was elected president in the 1923 general elections, which saw the party receive 51% of the vote in the parliamentary elections. The party nominated as its presidential candidate in

1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly demonstrating that DNA is the genetic material. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris B ...

, but he was defeated by

Cleto González Víquez Cleto de Jesús González Víquez (13 October 1858 – 23 September 1937) was a Costa Rican lawyer, historian and politician who served as the 18th and 26th President of Costa Rica, serving from 1906 to 1910 and 1928 to 1932. Alongside Ricardo ...

of the National Union Party. In the

1932 elections The following elections occurred in the year 1932. Asia * 1932 Japanese general election Europe * 1932 Irish general election * 1932 Swedish general election * 1932 Estonian parliamentary election * 1932 French legislative election * 1932 Belgian ...

, Jiménez Ortiz was the party's presidential candidate again, but he finished third behind Jiménez Oreamuno (now running as the

National Republican Party The National Republican Party, also known as the Anti-Jacksonian Party or simply Republicans, was a political party in the United States which evolved from a conservative-leaning faction of the Democratic-Republican Party that supported John ...

candidate) and of the Republican Union.

References

{{Authority control Defunct political parties in Costa Rica