Jean Vilbrun Guillaume Sam (4 March 1859 – 28 July 1915) was President of Haiti from 4 March to 27 July 1915. He was a cousin of Tirésias Simon Sam, Haiti’s president from 1896 to 1902.
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There was no mention of the name “Vilbrun” in his birth certificate when his parents presented him to the Civil Act officer.
They had given him the name of “Jean Simon”. However, he was always addressed and known around as “Vilbrun”. –
Born to Césarine César and Vilbon Guillaume, he was born in Ouanaminthe and was presented to the Civil Act officer in Grande-Rivière-du-Nord, where his father was from, 11 months later. This was probably due to the fact that his parents’ relationship was a fling. They had met in Ouanaminthe, but he had only been there for a short stay!
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Joseph Davilmar Théodore (1847–1917) was President of Haïti from 7 November 1914 to 22 February 1915. Born in the town of Ennery in the northern half of the country, he began his career in the military, and organized the cacao farmers of the north in the revolt against President Oreste Zamor. His inability to pay the farmers as he had promised for participating in the rebellion soon led to his resignation in favor of Jean Vilbrun Guillaume Sam. Vilbrun who ousted him, was his delagate in the North, he was also previoulsy sentenced to 15 years of forced labour for his implication in the consolidated bonds affair. Théodore served as the President of the Senate of Haiti in 1910s.

It is under his governement that the US marines, “to prevent further raids”, came to Haiti aboard the USS Machias and took $500,000 in gold from the National Bank (franco-german) to the City Bank in New York. This all originated from a dispute between the government, the railroads and the National Bank, there were guarantees against leases of coaling or naval stations to any European country. When Davilmar Theodore ousted Zamor, he rejected those demands. Thats when he rejected those demands and his government printed large quantities of paper currency and seized 65,000$ of the bank’s gold supply.
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