Nicasio V. Oroño (July 20, 1825 in
Coronda
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The town was founded in 1867 by Governor Nicasio Oroño, ...
,
Santa Fe – October 12, 1904 in
Santa Fe) was an
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politician and lawyer, and governor of Santa Fe between 1865 and 1868.
Youth in the military
Oroño was born to
Unitarian Coronel Santiago Oroño and Juana Ávila Baigorria. At age 16 he joined his father and participated of the military campaigns directed by
Juan Lavalle
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Lavalle was born in Buenos Aires to María Mercedes González Bordallo and Manuel José Lavalle, general accountant of rents and t ...
and
José María Paz
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Childhood
Born in Córdoba, Argentina, the so ...
. In 1839 he married Joaquina Cullen, daughter of Santa Fe governor
Domingo Cullen
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Cullen was born in Tenerife, Canary Islands, but moved to Argentina in the 1820s after establishing commercial activities (linked w ...
.
In 1852 he participated of the
Battle of Caseros
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, fighting together with the forces of
Entre Ríos under the command of
Ricardo López Jordán
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, one of the divisions of the Grand Army, against the forces of
Buenos Aires
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led by
Juan Manuel de Rosas
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.
Political career
In 1854 Oroño sent a letter to president of the
Argentine Confederation Justo José de Urquiza
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with a proposal for the institutional organization of
Rosario
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, which was approved.
On August 17 of that year he was named Customs Administrator, an important position during those times.
After the promulgation of the law that gave Rosario city status, the governor of Santa Fe
José María Cullen
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, Oroño's brother-in-law, named him political chief of the city. Oroño created a vigilance service for the city. Under his administration the
Provincial Hospital of Rosario was opened. The Municipality of Rosario honoured his legacy by renaming a major street as
Oroño Boulevard
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in 1904.
Together with
Marcelino Freyre, Oroño represented Santa Fe in the Assembly that wrote the
Argentine Constitution
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in 1853.
In 1862 Oroño was elected member of the
Chamber of Deputies
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, but in 1865 he resigned, after being chosen to replace
Patricio Cullen as governor of Santa Fe Province. In the latter office he focused on the institutionalization of the province. When he finished his mandate in 1868 he was elected
national senator, and from his seat he promoted the expansion and population of the country.
After a period of political inactivity, Oroño was named director of the Office of Lands and Colonies of the Nation in 1891, but was removed from the charge after political differences with
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.
In 1899 he was elected as constitutional deputy for the convention that a year later sanctioned the provincial constitution of Santa Fe. He was again elected national deputy in 1902, but died two years later.
References
* Javier Etcheverry
''Nicasio Oroño: Una biografía''(extract).
* National Teachers' Library
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1825 births
1904 deaths
Members of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies elected in Santa Fe
Governors of Santa Fe Province
Members of the Argentine Senate for Santa Fe
19th-century Argentine lawyers
People from San Jerónimo Department