Haitian Leader Joseph Davilmar Theodore

He succeeded in overthrowing president Zamor and he took over as the president on November 7, 1914. He took the oath on November 10, 1914. He convinced the U.S government to offer money to his government in exchange for custom control, railway and banks.

When he became president, he failed to pay the cocoa farmers as he had promised them. The cocoa farmers rebelled against him forcing him to resign on 22 February 1915. He was succeeded by Jean Vilbrun Guillaume Sam. He went to banish in Curacao but he later returned to Haiti under American protectorate.

Joseph Davilmar Theodore became a president for only three months. He was the 6th president since 1911 and since he did not gain power democratically, he was overthrown. He passed on in 1917 in Port au Prince.

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