Tomás Regalado (Salvadoran politician)

General
Tomás Regalado
General Tomás Regalado
46th President of El Salvador
	In office; 14 November 1898 – 1 March 1903; Provisional President until 1 March 1899
Vice President	Francisco Antonio Reyes
Preceded by	Rafael Antonio Gutiérrez
Succeeded by	Pedro José Escalón
Minister of War of El Salvador
	In office; 1 March 1903 – 11 July 1906
President	Pedro José Escalón
Preceded by	Rafael Severo López
Succeeded by	Fernando Figueroa
Personal details
Born	Tomás Herculano de Jesús Regalado Romero; 7 November 1860; Santa Ana, El Salvador
Died	11 July 1906 (aged 45); Jutiapa, Guatemala
Party	Liberal
Spouse	Concepción González Fortis (m. 1894)
Children	2
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	El Salvador
Branch/service	Salvadoran Army
Years of service	?–1906
Rank	General
Battles/wars	First Totoposte War; Revolution of the 44; 1898 Salvadoran coup d'état; 1898 Izalco Revolt; Second Totoposte War; Third Totoposte War †;

Tomás Herculano de Jesús Regalado Romero (7 November 1861 – 11 July 1906) was a Salvadoran military officer and politician who served as the president of El Salvador from 14 November 1898 to 1 March 1903. He gained power by deposing General Rafael Antonio Gutiérrez whom Regalado had previously helped achieve control of the country by taking part in the Revolution of the 44 four years earlier. Regalado was elected to a four-year term in 1899. He promoted the construction of railways, declared an amnesty for political exiles, and began the construction of the Santa Ana Theater.

Early life

Tomás Herculano de Jesús Regalado Romero was born on 7 November 1861 in Santa Ana, El Salvador. He was baptized the following day. His parents were Tomás Regalado and Petrona Romero de Regalado and he had seven siblings. Regalado married Concepción González Fortis, the daughter of former Salvadoran president Marshal Santiago González, on 8 October 1894 in Nueva San Salvador. They had two children: Tomás and Marísa.^[1]

Political career

Regalado was a member of the Santa Ana municipal council in 1886 and 1889.^[2]

Upon leaving office, Regalado remained active in the Salvadoran Army and was appointed Minister of War by his handpicked successor, General Pedro José Escalón. During a war against Guatemala in 1906 he led a Salvadoran invasion force and went into battle. Seriously wounded, he soon died on 11 July.

Regalado was the last in a series of presidents who had come to power by force during the 19th Century. His peaceful transfer of power to Escalón in 1903 allowed for a degree of political stability that persisted until the 1931 Salvadoran coup d'état.

References

Citations

^ Leistenschneider & Leistenschneider 1980, p. 157.
^ Galdames Armas 1943, p. 240.

Bibliography

Galdames Armas, Juan (1943). Hombres y Cosas de Santa Ana: Crónicas Históricas Documentadas de Hechos u Obras Notables de la Ciudad y Rasgos de la Vida de sus Hijos Más Ilustres [Men and Things of Santa Ana: Documented Historical Chronicles of Notable Events or Works of the City and Aspects of the Lives of Its Most Illustrious Sons] (in Spanish). Santa Ana, El Salvador. pp. 167–183. OCLC 55365899. Retrieved 25 January 2026.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Leistenschneider, María & Leistenschneider, Freddy (1980). Gobernantes de El Salvador: Biografías [Governors of El Salvador: Biographies] (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior. OCLC 7876291. Retrieved 25 January 2026.

External links

"Presidentes de El Salvador – General Tomás Regalado" [Presidents of El Salvador – General Tomás Regalado]. Government of El Salvador (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2 March 2009. Retrieved 15 October 2022.

[FOOTNOTELeistenschneiderLeistenschneider1980157-1] Leistenschneider & Leistenschneider 1980, p. 157.

[FOOTNOTEGaldames_Armas1943240-2] Galdames Armas 1943, p. 240.

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Heads of state of El Salvador
List of heads of state of El Salvador
Post-independence (1821–1823)	Barriere Delgado Filísola* Codallos* Consultive Junta^‡ Prado^†
Federal Republic of Central America (1823–1841)	J. Rodríguez Prado J. V. Villacorta Prado^† Cornejo J. D. Villacorta^† Cornejo Morazán^†* J. San Martín* Prado J. San Martín* C. Salazar^†* G. Salazar^† Escolán^† Silva^† Escolán^† Espinoza* F. Gómez^†* Vigil T. Menéndez^† Vigil T. Menéndez^† Cañas^†* Morazán* Silva^† Municipal Council of San Salvador Cañas^† Ramírez^† Lindo^†
Republic of El Salvador (1841–1931)	Lindo^† Arce^† Lindo Marín^†* J. J. Guzmán* D. Villacorta^† Marín^†* J. J. Guzmán* Arce^† J. J. Guzmán* Palacios^† Malespín* J. E. Guzmán^†* Malespín* J. E. Guzmán^†* Palacios^† J. E. Guzmán^†* Palacios^† Aguilar Palacios^† Aguilar Medina^† Quirós^† Vasconcelos R. Rodríguez^† Quirós^† Vasconcelos Dueñas^† Quirós^† Dueñas^† J. M. San Martín^†* Dueñas V. Gómez^† J. M. San Martín* J. Hernández^†* J. M. San Martín* Dueñas^† Campo Dueñas^† Campo Zepeda^† Santín* Barrios^†* Santín* J. E. Guzmán^†* Peralta^† Barrios* Peralta^† Barrios* Dueñas González* Méndez^† González* del Valle Zaldívar Guirola^† Zaldívar Figueroa^†* Rosales^† F. Menéndez* C. Ezeta* A. Ezeta^†* Gutiérrez* Regalado* Escalón* Figueroa* M. Araujo C. Meléndez^† Quiñónez^† C. Meléndez Quiñónez^† J. Meléndez Quiñónez P. Romero A. Araujo
Military dictatorship (1931–1979)	Civic Directory^‡ Hernández Martínez^†* A. Menéndez^†* Hernández Martínez* A. Menéndez^†* Aguirre^†* Castaneda* Revolutionary Council of Government^‡ Osorio* Lemus* Junta of Government^‡ Civic-Military Directory^‡ Cordón^† Rivera* F. Sánchez* A. Molina* C. Romero*
Salvadoran Civil War (1979–1992)	Revolutionary Government Junta^‡ Magaña Duarte Cristiani
Post-civil war (since 1992)	Cristiani Calderón Flores Saca Funes S. Sánchez Bukele C. Rodríguez^†
^† – Acting or provisional president ^‡ – Military junta * – Military president

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