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1833 Central American federal election
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Nominee José Cecilio del Valle Francisco Morazán
Party Conservative Liberal
Home state Honduras Honduras
President before election

Francisco Morazán
Liberal

Elected President

José Cecilio del Valle
Conservative

Federal elections were held in the Federal Republic of Central America in late 1833.

Incumbent president Francisco Morazán's first four-year term as president had led to him becoming very unpopular among the liberal elites that were his main supporters, due to him moving the federal capital from Guatemala to El Salvador. As a result, moderate conservative leader José Cecilio del Valle was elected president.

Valle died before taking the oath while traveling between Honduras and Guatemala. On 2 June 1834, the Federal Congress for a new presidential election to be held for February 1835. José Gregorio Salazar served as interim president between the two elections.

References

  1. Karnes, Thomas L. (1961). The Failure of Union: Central America, 1824–1960. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press. p. 79. ISBN 9780807808160. OCLC 484694. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  2. Ko, Haeuk. "An Overview Study of the Federal Republic of Central America". WHKMLA. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  3. Chamorro Cardenal, Pedro Joaquín (1951). Historia de la Federación de la América Central: 1823–1840 [History of the Federation of Central America: 1823–1840] (PDF) (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ediciones Cultura Hispánica. pp. 373–374. OCLC 1172113044. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  4. Ulloa, Félix (2014). "Dos siglos de elecciones en Centroamérica" (PDF). TSE (in Spanish). pp. 172–173. ISSN 1659-2069. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 February 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
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