Manuel Antonio Sanclemente
| Manuel Antonio Sanclemente | |
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| 3rd President of Colombia | |
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In office August 7, 1898 – July 31, 1900 |
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| Vice President | José Manuel Marroquín |
| Preceded by | Miguel Antonio Caro |
| Succeeded by | José Manuel Marroquín |
| Personal details | |
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Manuel Antonio Sanclemente Sanclemente September 19, 1814 Buga, Valle del Cauca Department |
| Died | March 12, 1902 (aged 87) Villeta, Cundinamarca, Colombia |
| Nationality | Colombian |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Other political affiliations |
National Party |
| Spouse(s) | Nazaria Domínguez |
| Alma mater | University of Cauca |
| Occupation | Lawyer, educator, politician |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Manuel Antonio Sanclemente Sanclemente (1814–1902) was President of Colombia between 1898 and 1900.
Sanclemente was born in Buga, Valle del Cauca Department on September 19, 1814. He died in Villeta, Cundinamarca on March 19, 1902, in house arrest. He studied law at the University of Cauca in Popayán. He graduated in 1837.
Sanclemente was elected to the position of [magistrate]] of the Supreme Court of Colombia in 1854. During the administration of President Mariano Ospina Rodríguez, Sanclemente was appointed Secretary of Government and Minister of War, a position that he would serve between April 1, 1857 and July 18, 1861.
In 1898, Sanclemente ran for President of Colombia, at 84. The conservative candidates for this election were Sanclemente for president and José Manuel Marroquín for vice-president. The Consejo Electoral (electoral commission) certified the results in favor of Sanclemente and Marroquín on July 4, 1898. They were elected for a six years presidential term. The day of the inauguration, August 7, 1898, Sanclemente was sick and not feeling well enough to take the oath as President. Thus, Vice-President Marroquín had to take the oath in his place. A few weeks later, Sanclemente notified the Senate that he intended to assume his office as President on November 3, 1898. The Senate, in turn, informed the House of Representatives of his intentions. The House objected to that date but instead proposed November 5 for his inauguration. The childish wrestling by the House was nothing else but to show his displeasure with Sanclemente. The Senate did not agree with the House. Thus, on November 3, Sanclemente expressed that if the House would not assemble with the Senate in a joint session of Congress, he would take his oath before the Supreme Court, as he did. A few days later, the House recognized his inauguration.
On October 1899, the Colombian Liberal Party launched an assault, with all its human, political and military power, against the government of Sanclemente, just like the revolution, which Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera had launched against the government of Mariano Ospina Rodríguez in 1860. This was the beginning of the tragic and famous civil war known as the Thousand Days War.
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