10 April to 15 May 1922 · Haitianspan
Haiti transfers power constitutionally for only the second time
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Sudre Dartiguenave's term ran out in May 1922 and he wanted another. His support had gone. The press, the Union Patriotique and nearly every organisation in Port-au-Prince turned on him when he declared in early April, and a mass was said in the cathedral asking for deliverance from his government. He had exhausted the Americans as well, and they declined to endorse him. High Commissioner Russell announced strict neutrality so long as the law was followed, which left the Conseil d'Etat to choose. Stephen Archer led the field until Louis Borno moved ahead on money supplied by the wealthy Jamaican German merchant O. J. Brandt. On the evening of 10 April, Dartiguenave collected four votes out of twenty one from a council he had appointed himself, and withdrew. Borno was elected. On 15 May 1922 he was inaugurated and Dartiguenave walked out of the palace alive and free. This was the second constitutional transfer of power in Haitian history, the first since Nissage Saget.
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