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1806-12-28

The Assembly elected Christophe president of Haiti by 56 votes against 14 for Paul Romain and one for Pétion, and named the twenty-four senators.

Haitian

The Assembly, in its session of 28 December, accordingly named Christophe President of Haiti; let us set down here this act of the national will:

“From the session of the 28th day of the month of December of the year 1806 and the third of the Independence of Haiti,

“The following has been extracted:

“The president invited the Assembly to name by ballot the president of Haiti.

“The ballots having been deposited and counted, and the number of ballots having been verified as equal to that of the voters, the result was that General Christophe obtained 56 votes, General Paul Romain 14, and General Pétion 1: General Christophe was proclaimed President of Haiti.

Source  ·  p. 209 Joseph Saint-Rémy (des Cayes), Pétion et Haïti: étude monographique et historique, tome 4 (Paris: Auguste Durand, 1857), p. 209; English translation, Rasanblaj.