Bartolomé Calvo

President of the Granadine Confederation

24 August 1815 Cartagena de Indias, Bolívar, United Provinces of New Granada

2 January 1889(1889-01-02) (73) Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador

1 April 1861 – 18 July 1861

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Calvo and the second or maternal family name is Díaz de Lamadrid. Bartolomé Calvo Díaz de Lamadrid (August 24, 1815 – January 2, 1889) was a Colombian lawyer, journalist, and statesman, who became President of the Granadine Confederation, in what is now Colombia, in 1861 in his role as Inspector General, because no elections were held on that year to decide the presidency. He also served as Governor of Panama and Ambassador to Ecuador, and worked in a number of newspapers.