José Ignacio Thames (August 15, 1762 – February 9, 1832) was an

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statesman and priest. He was a representative to the

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which on July 9, 1816 declared the Independence of Argentina. Thames was born in

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to José Ignacio Thames and María Josefa Gutiérrez. He studied in

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, receiving his doctorate in 1784, and was ordained. He returned to Tucumán then moved on to

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, where he became a priest in the cathedral in 1813. Thames chaired the electoral ''junta'' for Salta that elected its representatives to the Tucumán Congress. He himself was elected by Tucumán to the Congress and served in 1816 for the declaration.

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