Dartiguenave, Philippe-Sudré (1863–1926)
Dartiguenave, Philippe-Sudré (1863–1926)
Philippe-Sudré Dartiguenave (b. 1863, d. 1926), president of Haiti (1915–1922). Installed as president by the U.S. Marines, he was the first Haitian president since 1879 to be from the south of Haiti and the first mulatto. Dartiguenave supported the U.S. occupation and customs receivership, and relied on the U.S. authorities for financial advice. Contrary to popular opinion, however, he did not surrender absolute control of the island to U.S. interests. In 1922 the vote of the mulatto elite in the south prevented his reelection.
See alsoHaiti .
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Cyril L. R. James, The Black Jacobins, 2d ed. (1963), is a classic study on Haitian history. A more recent analysis is Michel-Rolph Trouillot, Haiti: State Against Nation (1990).
Additional Bibliography
Renda, Mary A. Taking Haiti: Military Occupation and the Culture of U.S. Imperialism, 1915–1940. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2001.
Shannon, Magdaline W. Jean Price-Mars, the Haitian Elite and the American Occupation, 1915–1935. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996.
DariÉn Davis