Where did Manuel José Arce live between Sep 1831 and Oct 1831?
Manuel José Arce General Manuel José Arce y Fagoaga ( January 1 , 1787 in San Salvador – December 14 , 1847 in San Salvador ) was a decorated General and president of the Federal Republic of Central America from 1825 to 1829 , followed by Francisco Morazán . Background . Manuel José Arce was the son of Spaniard Bernardo José de Arce , the Colonial Intendant of the Intendancy of San Salvador from 1800 until 1801 , and Antonia Fagoaga . He was born in what is now El Salvador . In 1801 he was sent to Guatemala to continue his education . There he graduated in philosophy from the Colegio de San Francisco Borja . He began the study of medicine at the Universidad de San Carlos de Borromeo , but it was interrupted because of his fathers sickness . In December 1808 , he married Felipa de Aranzamendi y Aguiar in San Salvador . Independence movement . Arce joined the movement for independence from Spain , joining in the first Cry for Independence on November 5 , 1811 in San Salvador . It was led by his uncle , Jose Matias Delgado , the vicar of San Salvador . The rebels held the government for nearly a month before royal authority was restored from Guatemala . Arce was also involved in the second uprising that began January 22 , 1814 . This cost him four years in prison . He strongly opposed the Mexican Empire of Agustín de Iturbide . In April 1822 Manuel Arzú , in command of Guatemalan troops supporting Mexico , occupied the cities of Santa Ana , El Salvador , and Sonsonate . On June 3 , 1822 , Arzú entered San Salvador , reaching the Plaza Mayor . Nine hours of fighting resulted in many casualties and burned houses . Colonel Arce was one of the commanders of the Salvadoran defenders . Arce was also a member of the resistance towards the movement that was requesting annexation to the United States . The government of El Salvador had requested annexation to the United States on December 2 , 1822 . In October 1823 he left the United States to return to El Salvador . He stopped in Mexico . There he tried to raise a force to liberate Cuba from Spanish rule but it failed . As president . Also in October 1823 he was elected a member of the executive triumvirate of Central America . He accepted this post on March 15 , 1824 on his return to the country , serving until October 20 , 1824 . During this time the government succeeded in pacifying Nicaragua , with a minimum of violence . Presidential elections were held in 1825 , and José Cecilio del Valle won the most votes . The Liberals , however , controlled the federal Congress , and they decided that Valle had not won an absolute majority . They chose Arce as president . He served from April 29 , 1825 to April 13 , 1829 . He soon lost the support of the Liberals in Congress . After 1826 neither house of the federal Congress met . Arce obtained some support from the clergy and the Conservative Party , but there were difficulties with the State of Guatemala . He deposed the Guatemalan state governor , Juan Barrundia , a Liberal , and replaced him . The Salvadoran state government was angry and rebelled , and a civil war started that lasted from 1826 to 1829 . On 1829 Arce called Vice President Mariano Beltranena y Llano to temporarily exercise the presidency , but when Arce wanted to resume it , Beltranena refused and remained in office until April 1829 where the liberals troops entered Guatemala City and overthrew his administration . Later life . In 1832 he was in Soconusco in Mexico , where he organized a military expedition against the federal government of Francisco Morazán . Arce was defeated on February 24 , 1832 . He finally returned to El Salvador in 1842 , but soon he fled to Honduras and Guatemala . In April and May 1844 he directed some armed attempts to overthrow Francisco Malespín in El Salvador . He returned again to the country in the middle of 1845 . He left politics for a more private life in 1846 , working on his book Brief Indications for the Reorganization of Central America . Arce died in poverty in San Salvador on December 14 , 1847 . His remains were interred at La Merced Church in San Salvador . On November 28 , 1947 the Legislature elevated the town of El Chilamatal to a city , renaming it in the process city of Ciudad Arce . External links . - Short biography - Brief biography - Some background information from Britannica Online