Background
Juan Cortada Tirado was born in 1864 to Juan Cortada y Quintana and Mercedes Tirado.
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He had a younger brother called Eduardo. From an early age, Cortada worked at his father"s estate. In 1887, Cortada was arrested in Santa Isabel on orders of General Romualdo Palacios for conspiring against the Spanish Government.
In the first years of the 20th Century, Central Cortada became the second largest sugar producer in the island.
In 1917, Cortada was elected to the first Puerto Rican Senate, representing the District of Ponce for the Republican Party.
Membership
He served as a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico from 1917 to 1920.
