Career
Elected to a four-year term in 1899, he promoted the construction of railways, declared an amnesty for political exiles, and began the construction of a National Theatre in Santa Ana. Upon leaving office, he remained active in the Army of El Salvador and was appointed Minister of War by his handpicked successor Pedro José Escalón. During a war against Guatemala in 1906 he led a Salvadoran invasion force and went into battle.
Seriously wounded, he soon died on the 11th of June.
His coup d"état led to the dissolution of the Greater Republic of Central America after his government withdrew from lieutenant Regalado was the last in a series of presidents who had come to power by force during the 19th Century.
His peaceful transfer of power to Pedro José Escalón in 1903 allowed for a degree of political stability that persisted until the events of 1931-1932.