1846 Salvadoran presidential election

1846 Salvadoran presidential election
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Candidate Eugenio Aguilar
Party Liberal
President before election

Fermín Palacios
Independent

Elected President

Eugenio Aguilar
Liberal

Presidential elections were held in El Salvador on 16 February 1846.[1] Eugenio Aguilar ran unopposed and was elected by the legislature.[1] He started governing as president-elect on 21 February 1846, before formally taking office on 21 July.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Elections and Events 1811–1849". University of California, San Diego. Archived from the original on 23 March 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Presidentes de El Salvador – Doctor Eugenio Aguilar" [Presidents of El Salvador – Doctor Eugenio Aguilar]. casapres.gob (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2 March 2009. Retrieved 14 July 2021.