Episode 3 of 3
Election of Vice President Santander
- When
- October 1821
- Where
- Congress of Cúcuta
Francisco de Paula Santander was elected Vice President of Gran Colombia in a heated vote against Antonio Nariño.
In October 1821, after the Constitution of Cúcuta was proclaimed, Santander was elected by the newly gathered Congress as Vice President of Gran Colombia. He overcame the other strong candidate, General Antonio Nariño, by a margin of 38 to 19 votes.
Sources
- Francisco de Paula Santander Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-03
Machine-drafted from the cited Wikipedia passages and checked by a reviewing model, not by a human editor. Every passage cites the revision it was written from; dates and places follow those passages.