Domingo Crespo (1791–1871) was an
Argentine politician who was governor of the
province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...
of
Santa Fe from 1851 to 1854.
Crespo was a landowner born in
Santa Fe City. In 1851 he supported the movement of the ''
Federales
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'' led by the ''caudillo''
Justo José de Urquiza
Justo José de Urquiza y García (; October 18, 1801 – April 11, 1870) was an Argentine general and politician who served as president of the Argentine Confederation from 1854 to 1860.
Life
Justo José de Urquiza y García was bo ...
against the supremacy of Buenos Aires governor
Juan Manuel de Rosas. He was appointed governor of Santa Fe by the Junta of Representatives of the province on 29 February 1852.
Governor Crespo faced a critical economic situation. His administration controlled spending and paid off debt, bringing order to the provincial budget. Crespo sponsored laws favouring the rent of public lands and encouraging
immigration and colonization, and organized a more independent judicial branch.
Crespo was Santa Fe's representative at the meeting summoned in April 1852 by Urquiza in
San Nicolás de los Arroyos
San Nicolás de los Arroyos (usually shortened to ''San Nicolás'') is a city in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, on the western shore of the Paraná River, from Rosario. It has about 133,000 inhabitants (). It is the administrative seat ...
in order to agree on the preliminary steps towards the creation of the
National Constitution. The
San Nicolás Agreement designed the city of Santa Fe as the seat of the General Constitutional Congress, which was held there in 1853
Governors of Santa Fe Province
People from Santa Fe, Argentina
1793 births
1871 deaths
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