List of Presidents of the Dominican Republic
Presidents of the Second Republic (1865–1916)

List of Presidents of the Dominican Republic

Section Title: Presidents of the Second Republic (1865–1916)
Table Section Text: None

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office	Elections	Political party	Notes

Start	End

-	Pedro Antonio Pimentel (1830–1874)	11 July 1865	4 August 1865	—	—	Ousted from office by a coup d'état.

-	José María Cabral (1816–1899)	4 August 1865	15 November 1865	—	Blue	Cabral was proclaimed "Protector of the Republic" until the election of a new president by the National Convention.

-	Pedro Guillermo (1814–1867)	15 November 1865	8 December 1865	—	—	Guillermo was appointed as Interim President until the arrival to the Dominican Republic of Buenaventura Báez, who was exiled in Curaçao.

-	Buenaventura Báez (1812–1884)	8 December 1865	29 May 1866	1865	Red	Ousted from office by a coup d'état.

Triumvirate	29 May 1866	22 August 1866	—	—	Members: Pedro Antonio Pimentel, Gregorio Luperón, Federico de Jesús García. The Electoral College system was abolished and replaced by universal direct suffrage.

-	José María Cabral (1816–1899)	22 August 1866	29 September 1866	—	Blue	Interim president.

29 September 1866	31 January 1868	1866	Blue	Cabral was the first Dominican president elected by universal direct suffrage. Ousted from office by a coup d'état.

-	Manuel Altagracia Cáceres (1838–1878)	31 January 1868	13 February 1868	—	—

Junta of Generals	13 February 1868	2 May 1868	—	—	Members: José Antonio Hungría, Francisco Antonio Gómez Báez, José Ramón Luciano y Franco.

-	Buenaventura Báez (1812–1884)	2 May 1868	2 January 1874	1868	Red	Ousted from office by defeat in the Six Years' War.

-	Ignacio María González (1838–1915)	25 November 1873	21 January 1874	—	Green	Supreme chief.

-	Ignacio María González (1838–1915) Manuel Altagracia Cáceres (1838–1878)	21 January 1874	5 February 1874	—	—	Generals in charge of the Supreme Power of the Nation.

-	Ignacio María González (1838–1915)	5 February 1874	23 February 1876	1874	Green	Resigned.

Council of Secretaries of State	23 February 1876	29 April 1876	—	—	Members: Pedro Tomás Garrido Matos, José de Jesús Eduardo de Castro Álvarez, Pedro Pablo de Bonilla y Correa-Cruzado, Juan Bautista Zafra y Miranda, Pablo López Villanueva (until 7 March 1876), Jacinto Peynado y Tejón (since 7 March 1876).

-	Ulises Francisco Espaillat (1823–1878)	29 April 1876	5 October 1876	1876	Blue	Ousted from office by a coup d'état.

Superior Governing Junta	5 October 1876	11 November 1876	—	—	Members: Pedro Tomás Garrido Matos, José de Jesús Eduardo de Castro Álvarez, Juan Bautista Zafra y Miranda, Pablo López Villanueva, José Caminero Matías, Fidel Rodríguez Urdaneta, Juan Esteban Ariza Matos.

-	Ignacio María González (1838–1915)	11 November 1876	9 December 1876	—	Green	Resigned.

Marcos Antonio Cabral (1842–1903)	10 December 1876	26 December 1876	—	—	President of the Provisional Government Junta.

-	Buenaventura Báez (1812–1884)	27 December 1876	2 March 1878	—	Red	Ousted from office by a coup d'état.

-	Ignacio María González (1838–1915)	1 March 1878	3 May 1878	—	Green	President of the Provisional Government of the National Movement.

Council of Secretaries of State	2 March 1878	5 March 1878	—	—	Members: José María Cabral, Joaquín Montolío.

-	Cesáreo Guillermo (1847–1885)	5 March 1878	6 July 1878	—	Red	Interim president.

-	Ignacio María González (1838–1915)	6 July 1878	2 September 1878	1878	Green	Ousted from office by a coup d'état.

Superior Leaders of the Revolutionary Movement	2 September 1878	6 September 1878	—	—	Members: Ulises Heureaux, Cesáreo Guillermo.

-	Jacinto de Castro (1811–1896)	7 September 1878	29 September 1878	—	—	President of the Supreme Court of Justice. Resigned.

Council of Secretaries of State	30 September 1878	27 February 1879	—	—	Members: Cesáreo Guillermo, Alejandro Angulo Guridi, Pedro María Aristy.

-	Cesáreo Guillermo (1847–1885)	27 February 1879	6 December 1879	1879	Red	Ousted from office by a coup d'état.

-	Gregorio Luperón (1839–1897)	6 October 1879	1 September 1880	—	Blue

-	Fernando Arturo de Meriño (1833–1906)	1 September 1880	1 September 1882	1880	Blue

-	Ulises Heureaux (1845–1899)	1 September 1882	1 September 1884	1882	Blue

-	Francisco Gregorio Billini (1844–1898)	1 September 1884	16 May 1885	1884	Blue	Resigned.

-	Alejandro Woss y Gil (1856–1932)	16 May 1885	6 January 1887	—	Blue	Vice-president under Francisco Gregorio Billini, assumed the presidency after his resignation.

-	Ulises Heureaux (1845–1899)	6 January 1887	27 February 1889	1886	Blue

27 February 1889	27 February 1893	1888	Blue

27 February 1893	27 February 1897	1892	Blue

27 February 1897	26 July 1899	1896	Blue	Assassinated.

Wenceslao Figuereo (1834–1910)	26 July 1899	30 August 1899	—	Blue	Vice-president under Ulises Heureaux, assumed the presidency after his assassination. Ousted from office by a coup d'état.

Council of Secretaries of State	31 August 1899	—	—	Members: Tomás Demetrio Morales, Arístides Patiño, Enrique Henríquez y Alfau, Jaime R. Vidal, Braulio Álvarez.

People's Revolutionary Governing Junta	31 August 1899	4 September 1899	—	—	Members: Mariano Cestero, Álvaro Logroño, Arístides Patiño, Pedro María Mejía.

-	Horacio Vásquez (1860–1936)	4 September 1899	15 November 1899	—	Red	Interim president.

-	Juan Isidro Jimenes Pereyra (1846–1919)	15 November 1899	2 May 1902	1899	Blue	Ousted from office by a coup d'état.

-	Horacio Vásquez (1860–1936)	26 April 1902	23 April 1903	—	Red	Ousted from office by a coup d'état.

-	Alejandro Woss y Gil (1856–1932)	23 March 1903	1 August 1903	—	Blue	Interim president.

1 August 1903	24 November 1903	1903	Blue	Ousted from office by a coup d'état.

-	Carlos Felipe Morales (1868–1914)	24 November 1903	17 June 1904	—	Red	Interim president.

17 June 1904	24 December 1905	1904	Red	Resigned.

Council of Secretaries of State	24 December 1905	29 December 1905	—	—	Members: Manuel Lamarche García, Emiliano Tejera, Andrés Julio Montolío, Francisco Leonte Vásquez Lajara, Carlos Ginebra, Eladio Victoria, Federico Velásquez y Hernández.

-	Ramón Cáceres (1866–1911)	29 December 1905	1 July 1908	—	Red	Vice-president under Carlos Felipe Morales, assumed the presidency after his resignation.

1 July 1908	19 November 1911	1908	Red	Assassinated at the start of the 1911–12 Civil War.

Council of Secretaries of State	19 November 1911	5 December 1911	—	—	Members: Miguel Antonio Román, José María Cabral.

-	Eladio Victoria (1864–1939)	5 December 1911	27 February 1912	—	—	Interim president appointed by the Congress.

27 February 1912	30 November 1912	1912	—	Resigned.

-	Adolfo Alejandro Nouel (1862–1937)	1 December 1912	13 April 1913	—	—	Archbishop of Santo Domingo, interim president appointed by the Congress. Resigned.

-	José Bordas Valdez (1874–1968)	14 April 1913	15 June 1914	—	—	Interim president appointed by the Congress.

15 June 1914	27 August 1914	June 1914	—	Resigned at the end of the 1914 Civil War.

Ramón Báez (1858–1929)	28 August 1914	5 December 1914	—	—	Interim president.

-	Juan Isidro Jimenes Pereyra (1846–1919)	6 December 1914	4 May 1916	Oct. 1914	Blue

Sentence(s)

From April 29, 1876 to October 5, 1876, Ulises Francisco Espaillat served as president of the Dominican Republic.

final_sentence: From April 29, 1876 to October 5, 1876, Ulises Francisco Espaillat served as president of the Dominican Republic.