Juan Manuel Cafferata (1 January 1852 – 23 September 1920) was an

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politician of the

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. He was the governor of

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of Santa Fe between 1890 and 1893. Cafferata was born in

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, the son of an

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businessman from

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, who had settled in

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(southern Santa Fe). He studied law at the

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's College of the Immaculate Conception in the city of Santa Fe. He then moved to

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and became Doctor in Jurisprudence at the University of San Carlos (later

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). At this time he was also a member of the provincial Chamber of Deputies (the lower house of the legislature) and of the Municipal Council of Córdoba.Guía de calles de Rosario
He returned to Rosario after his graduation in 1881 to become the Political Chief of the city (at the time the local municipal authorities were appointed by the provincial government, not elected by the citizens). Cafferata was Minister of Government to governors

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, José Gálvez and his own successor

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. After Gálvez's rule he was elected to replace him. He was the governor of Santa Fe from 7 April 1890 until his resignation in August 1893. During Cafferata's term, 17 colonies were founded in the province and many elementary schools were opened. He also saw the opening of the

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College of Arts and Crafts, now San José College, in Rosario, and the official inauguration of the Provincial University of Santa Fe, projected during his predecessor's rule. Facing a difficult economic situation, his government issued bonds without authorization of the Legislature to pay public employees' salaries. A few days after the beginning of the uprising known as the Revolution of 1893, which questioned the legitimacy of the elections that had taken him to power, Cafferata resigned and moved with his family to Buenos Aires. The revolution, led by the newly formed

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against the rule of the National Autonomist Party, brought the Radical governor Mariano Candioti to power, though only for less than two months, until the defeat of the Radicals, first on the national level, and then in Santa Fe. Cafferata died in Córdoba, in 1920, of

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. His remains were brought to Rosario and buried in the Saviour's Cemetery.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cafferata, Juan Manuel 1852 births 1920 deaths Governors of Santa Fe Province Politicians from Buenos Aires Argentine people of Italian descent National University of Córdoba alumni