27-594: Le Conte , LeConte , or Leconte may refer to: People [ edit ] Cincinnatus Leconte (1853–1912), president of Haiti 1911-1912 Emmanuel Leconte (born 1982), French actor Henri Leconte (born 1963), French tennis player John Le Conte (1818–1891), scientist and first president of UC Berkeley John Eatton Le Conte (1784–1860), naturalist John Lawrence LeConte (1825–1883), entomologist Joseph LeConte (1823–1901), geologist and professor at University of South Carolina, UC Berkeley, and founding member of
54-567: A Delegate and Envoy Extraordinary to Port-au-Prince. Wanting to extend its commerce and make its products known abroad, Haiti took part in the Chicago Exposition , where it won many high prizes. President Hyppolite devoted his earnest attention to the public works of the country. Wharves were built in several ports; large markets were erected in Port-au-Prince and Cap-Haitien. In several towns canals were constructed for
81-465: A Haitian family of mixed French and African descent. He was well educated and entered politics in the presidential campaign of Faustin Soulouque . During the revolution of 1865 he distinguished himself as a soldier. After the war he went back to local politics and did not figure in public life until the overthrow of President Lysius Salomon by General François Denys Légitime in 1888. He then
108-604: A diplomatic incident in which the United States attempted to acquire Môle Saint-Nicolas through intimidation. The US dispatched a fleet to Port-au-Prince in a show of force, which provoked a protest throughout Haiti. President Hyppolite was forced to assume a firm anti-American stance particularly given that he was suspected of being in sympathy with the Americans. Anténor Firmin , then Haitian Secretary of State for Exterior Relations, refused to grant any territory to
135-466: A discriminatory policy toward the local Syrian population ( Christian migrants from Ottoman Syria ), an already persecuted minority group which one historian described as constituting the "opening wedge of the American economic conquest of Haiti in the early 1900s." Prior to ascending to the presidency, he had promised to rid Haiti of its Syrian population. In 1912 Leconte's foreign minister released
162-448: A large military force. After leading the revolution that ousted President Simon and brought Leconte back to Port-au-Prince in triumph on August 7, 1911, Leconte was unanimously elected president of Haiti by Congress on August 14 with a seven-year term. His salary was set at $ 24,000 a year. Upon attaining the presidency he instituted a number of reforms: paving streets, increasing teacher pay, installing telephone lines, and decreasing
189-516: A loan of 50,000,000 francs at 6 per cent per annum was floated in Paris in 1896. That was the last important act of Hyppolite's government. By the time he was 67 years old, Hyppolite had not been in good health for some time. Nonetheless, he refused to rest as he had been advised to do. Against the advice of his doctor he decided to undertake a long journey to Jacmel to put down an uprising there. He started on 24 March 1896, at three o'clock in
216-516: A number of uprisings against Hyppolite, which Hyppolite successfully repressed. To prevent future uprisings, he executed their leaders. It was his policy to exclude foreigners from the island as he claimed they stirred up insurrections. Nonetheless, Hyppolite held friendly intercourse with all foreign powers. In 1892 the Vatican proved its good will toward the Republic of Haiti in accrediting
243-547: A statement stating that it was "necessary to protect nationals against the disloyal competition of the Easterner whose nationality is uncertain." A 1903 law (aimed specifically at Syrians) limiting the immigration levels and commercial activities of foreigners was revived, and the harassment of Syrians that had been prevalent in the first few years of the 1900s was resumed. The Leconte administration did, however, continue to process claims made by Syrians who had been persecuted by
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297-412: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Cincinnatus Leconte Florvil Hyppolite Nissage Saget Jean Jacques Dessalines Michel Cincinnatus Leconte (September 29, 1854 – August 8, 1912) was President of Haiti from August 15, 1911, until his death on August 8, 1912. He was the great-grandson of Jean-Jacques Dessalines —a leader of
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#1732772668816324-633: The Haitian Revolution and the first ruler of an independent Haiti—and was an uncle of Joseph Laroche , the only black passenger to perish on the RMS ; Titanic . Leconte, a lawyer by trade, had served as minister of the interior under President Pierre Nord Alexis . He was forced into exile in Jamaica after a 1908 revolt deposed Alexis and gave François C. Antoine Simon the presidency. Returning from exile in 1911, Leconte gathered
351-524: The Americans, citing the Constitution of Haiti , which forbade the alienation of any portion of the territory. The Môle Saint-Nicolas affair once disposed of, Hyppolite's government had to come to an understanding with the French legation at Port-au-Prince concerning its recent practice of granting naturalizations on Haitian territory. Natives of Haiti who claimed to be of French descent would go to
378-609: The Sierra Club Joseph Nisbet LeConte (1870–1950), explorer and engineering professor at UC Berkeley, Sierra Club leader Joska Le Conté (born 1987), Dutch skeleton racer Maria Leconte (born 1970), French chess grandmaster Patrice Leconte (born 1947), French film director Pierre-Michel Le Conte (1921–2000), French conductor Valleran le Conte (fl. 1590 – c. 1615), French actor-manager Leconte de Lisle (1818–1894), French poet LeConte Stewart (1891–1990), artist and professor at
405-642: The Story of the Grail Le Conte du ventre plein , English title Bellyful , 2000 film Le Conte pear Leconte Prize , prize in mathematics and science awarded by French Academy of Sciences Le Conte Station , light rail station in San Francisco Leconte's haploa, Haploa lecontei , a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae Le Conte's thrasher , Toxostoma lecontei Le Conte's sparrow , Ammodramus leconteii M/V LeConte ,
432-964: The University of Utah Places [ edit ] LeConte Bay , in Alaska LeConte Falls , in Yosemite National Park, California LeConte Glacier LeConte Hall in Berkeley, California Leconte Island in Nunavut, Canada LeConte Memorial Lodge , in Yosemite Valley Le Conte Middle School , in Los Angeles Mount Le Conte (California) Mount Le Conte (Tennessee) Other uses [ edit ] Le Conte du Graal or Perceval,
459-403: The distribution of water to private houses. Telegraph lines connected the principal towns in the Republic at about the same time that the telephone was first introduced. The roads were kept in good repair; agriculture and commerce flourished. It now became possible for Haiti to redeem its internal debt , upon which it was paying interest at the rate of 18 per cent per annum; for this purpose
486-705: The explosion in Political Science Quarterly reported that an "accidental ignition of ammunition stores caused the death of General Cincinnatus Leconte," while a 1927 article in the same journal deemed his death an "assassination." Oral histories circulating in Haiti—some of which were chronicled by Hurston in the 1930s in her book Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica —differed significantly from most written accounts. As Hurston explained, "The history books all say Cincinnatus Leconte died in
513-463: The explosion that destroyed the palace, but the people do not tell it that way. Not one person, high or low, ever told me that Leconte was killed by the explosion. It is generally accepted that the destruction of the palace was to cover up the fact that the President was already dead by violence." According to Hurston there were "many reasons given for the alleged assassination", but the main actors in
540-478: The government of Nord Alexis. When Leconte died suddenly in 1912, a number of Syrians celebrated his passing and were imprisoned as a result, while others were deported. His Syrian policy would be continued by his successor Tancrède Auguste . Despite being elected to a seven-year term, Leconte's time in office was short lived. On August 8, 1912, a violent explosion destroyed the National Palace , killing
567-424: The legation and have themselves registered as French citizens. The Haitian Secretary of State of Foreign Relations undertook to put an end to this practice. After drawn-out negotiations, France at last yielded; it ordered its Minister at Port-au-Prince to cancel the names of all those who had not had the right to have them registered. Former president François Denys Légitime , who had fled to Jamaica , instigated
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#1732772668816594-557: The morning, but before he even had time to leave Port-au-Prince he fell from his horse dead, in a "fit of apoplexy ", at a short distance from the Executive Mansion. His funeral took place on the 26 March. Because President Hyppolite's strong personality rather than his party kept his government in power, it was feared that his death would precipitate a revolution. However, the Council of Secretaries of State took charge of
621-531: The only man of African descent on board the ship, perished in the disaster. Florvil Hyppolite Louis Mondestin Florvil Hyppolite ( French pronunciation: [lwi mɔ̃dɛstɛ̃ flɔʁvil ipɔlit] ; 26 May 1828 – 24 March 1896) was a Haitian general and politician who served as the President of Haiti from 17 October 1889 to 24 March 1896. Hyppolite was born in 1827 at Cap-Haïtien to
648-425: The president and several hundred soldiers. An Associated Press report at the time noted: So great was the force of the explosion, that a number of small cannon, fragments of iron and shell were thrown long distances in all directions, and many of the palace attendants were killed. Every house in the city was shaken violently and the entire population, greatly alarmed, rushed into the street. A 1912 account of
675-463: The size of the army. Collier's Weekly argued in August 1912 that it was "generally admitted" that Leconte's administration was "the ablest and the cleanest government Haiti has had in forty years." Zora Neale Hurston , writing in the 1930s after extensive research in Haiti, pointed out that Leconte was "credited with beginning numerous reforms and generally taking positive steps." Leconte pursued
702-410: The supposed plot were men who "were ambitious and stood to gain political power...by the death of President Leconte." Just several months before Leconte died, his nephew, Joseph Philippe Lemercier Laroche , had been one of over 2,200 passengers and crew on board the RMS Titanic for its maiden voyage. While Laroche's wife and daughters survived the sinking of the ocean liner, Laroche himself,
729-569: Was a leader under General Seïde Thélémaque in the northern part of the republic. In 1889 he headed a revolt against President Légitime. On 9 October 1889, Hyppolite was elected to a seven-year term as president of Haiti by the Constituent Assembly, which met at Gonaives . Hyppolite took the oath of office on the 17 October. As soon as he assumed the presidency, he had to deal with the Môle Saint-Nicolas affair ,
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