Ruler · 1806 – 1878

Fabre Geffrard

Lived 1806 – 1878; politician. President of Haiti (Haiti), 1859 – 1867.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1806 – 1878; 72 years
In office: 8 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Haiti
Left it: deposed; the ruler's own article

President of Haiti

Haiti · the 5th of 59 dated reigns · 1804 – 2024

1 before

Alexandre Pétion1806 – 1818

Jean-Pierre Boyer1818 – 1843

Faustin Soulouque1847 – 1849

Fabre Geffrard1859 – 1867

Jean-Nicolas Nissage Saget1867

Sylvain Salnave1867 – 1869

Jean-Nicolas Nissage Saget1869 – 1874

51 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 1859 – 1867 · 8 years · came to it aged 53

Came to it: seized power
Left it: deposedread from the ruler's own article

Landing at Gonaïves with only a small contingent of men, he seized control of the town without bloodshed.

After surviving several rebellions, he was overthrown by Major Sylvain Salnave in 1867.

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