1847-Mar.-01
1847-Mar.-01: General Faustin Soulouque is elected president of Haiti as a compromise candidate for the mulatto elite.
1847-Mar.-01: General Faustin Soulouque is elected president of Haiti as a compromise candidate for the mulatto elite. The ruling class intended for him to be a puppet leader, but he quickly moved to consolidate his own independent power.
Source · p. 83
Nicholls, From Dessalines to Duvalier, 83