Career
After completing university he immigrated to Puerto Rico, then an overseas province of Spain, to pursue commercial projects. Quickly becoming prominent in island business circles. In 1896 he was honored by the government with the Orden del Mérito Naval for services rendered to Spain"s navy.
Following the House"s seasonal adjourment he was reappointed to fill the unexpired term of Alcalde.
In 1904 he was again elected mayor, but this last term would be truncated when territorial governor William Henry Hunt ordered his removal from office following a corruption scandal that tainted much of city government. Although he was ultimately acquitted of all charges the ordeal nevertheless left him much affected, requiring his interment in a psychiatric hospital.
Mayor Manuel Egozcue Cintrón died shortly after in 1906. During Egozcue Cintrón"s various terms as mayor an urban police corps was created to patrol the city.
Also, $600,000 worth of municipal bonds were issued, resulting in full payment of city debt and the completion of an aqueduct.
The accompanying portrait of mayor Egozcue Cintrón is from a contemporaneous ink drawing by Puerto Rican political caricaturist Mario Brau de Zuzuárregui.