1st Senate of Haiti
The 1st Senate of Haiti was organized from the Constituent Assembly which drafted the 1806 Constitution. After the elected president and previous Provisional Chief Executive of Haiti Henri Christophe took up arms against the Senate, the Senate retaliated by stripping power from Christophe and electing Alexandre Pétion as president of Haiti in early 1807.
The Senate was the first legislative body in post-revolutionary Haiti, and was designed by Pétion to be a powerful body. However, Pétion tired of the Senate, and successfully pushed for a significant revision to the 1806 Constitution in 1816, including authorizing him to serve as president for life, as well as the transformation of the unicameral Senate to the bicameral National Assembly.[1][2]
Members[edit]
| District | Name | Date elected | Term | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port-au-Prince | Alexandre Pétion | 28 December 1806 | 9 years; | ||
| Cap-Haïtien | César Thélémaque | 28 December 1806 | 6 years | elected senate president on December 31, 1806 | |
| Port-au-Prince | Louis Auguste Daumec | 28 December 1806 | 3 years | re-elected 3 February 1825 | |
| Port-au-Prince | Charles Lys | 28 December 1806 | 9 years | ||
| Anse-à-Veau | Etienne Elie Gérin, | 28 December 1806 | 9 years | ||
| Cayes | Théodat Trichet | 28 December 1806 | 3 years | ||
| Port-au-Prince | Ignace Fresnel | 28 December 1806 | 9 years | re-elected on 22 February 1827 | |
| Port-au-Prince | Gabriel David-Troy | 28 December 1806 | 9 years | ||
| Cayes | Charles Daguilh | 28 December 1806 | 3 years | ||
| Cap-Haïtien | Félix Ferrier | 28 December 1806 | 3 years | ||
| Port-au-Prince | Guy Joseph Bonnet | 28 December 1806 | 3 years | ||
| Cap-Haïtien | Lamothe Aigron | 28 December 1806 | 9 years | ||
| Mirebalais | Jean-Louis Barlatier | 28 December 1806 | 6 years | ||
| Fort-Dauphin | Jean-Louis Guillaume Manigat | 28 December 1806 | |||
| Saint-Marc | Jean Simon | 28 December 1806 | 3 years | ||
| Cayes | Jn-Louis Despas Médina | 28 December 1806 | 6 years | ||
| Jacmel | Magloire Ambroise | 28 December 1806 | 6 years | ||
| Port-au-Prince | Yayou | 28 December 1806 | 3 years | ||
| Port-de-Paix | Pierre Timothé, (Aubert) | 28 December 1806 | 6 years | ||
| Port-au-Prince | Bruno Blanchet jeune | 28 December 1806 | 6 years | ||
| ? | Paul Romain | 28 December 1806 | |||
| ? | Toussaint-Brave | ||||
| ? | Étienne Magny |