1807. First appointment of the Senate of the Republic:
The senators who had transported their assizes to Léogâne during the siege of Portau-Prince, returned to Port-au-Prince on Christophe’s departure and named Pétion
commander of the Western Department, Gérin that of the South.
1859. Swearing of the oath by General Fabre Nicolas Geffrard before the Senate:
General Fabre Nicolas Geffrard, who restored the republic, had taken command of the
rebellion against Faustin Soulouque, besieged the capital in the early days of
January of this year and forced the Emperor Faustin I to withdraw from power and to
to take the path of exile. The Senators, who had survived the empire, made him the
Constitutional President of Haiti. The Constitution of 1846, after some
amendments had been reinstated.