Rosalvo Bobo

As the rebellion was gaining momentum, Sam ordered the arrest and murder of his political opponents, but was himself killed by a mob in retaliation on 27 July 1915.

[2] U.S. Admiral William Banks Caperton commanded U.S. troops occupying Haiti after the assassination of President Sam.

After interviewing both men, Caperton formed the opinion that Bobo was mentally unstable and unfit for office.

[3] He informed Washington of this and was told by assistant secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt that "the election of Dartiguenave is preferred by the United States".

[3] After losing the election in the Haitian Senate by a vote of 94 to 3, Bobo fled to Cuba, but then moved to Jamaica.