Roberto H. Todd Wells

Roberto H. Todd Wells was a co-founder of the Puerto Rico Republican Party. A native of Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, he was born on October 13, 1862, and died in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on September 16, 1955. After graduating from law school he started law practice in San Juan. He served as a delegate to the House in 1900 and mayor of San Juan from 1903 to 1923. He was executive secretary in the Bar Association of Puerto Rico.

Family

Todd Wells married Celestina Borrás and had a son named Roberto H. Todd Borrás. Todd Wells's son, born on March 6, 1891, in New York City, served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico from 1951 to 1952.

Death

Roberto H. Todd Wells died on September 17, 1955, in Santurce, Puerto Rico. He was buried at San José Cemetery in Santurce, Puerto Rico.