José Antonio Cabrera y Cabrera (November 28, 1768 – April 14, 1820) was an Argentine statesman and lawyer. He was a representative to the

Congress of Tucumán The Congress of Tucumán was the representative assembly, initially meeting in San Miguel de Tucumán, that declared the independence of the United Provinces of South America (modern-day Argentina, Uruguay, part of Bolivia) on July 9, 1816, fro ...

which on 9 July 1816 declared the Independence of Argentina. Cabrera was born in Córdoba to an important local family. He was educated at the Monserrat School and graduated in law at the University of San Carlos, both in Córdoba. Cabrera was active in the revolutionary cause and became the city's head of government ('' alcalde'') in 1811 on the first vote. He was elected to represent Córdoba in the Tucumán Congress and served for the declaration in 1816. Along with his Córdoba colleagues, he was one of the few federalists in the Congress, speaking for a system of strong autonomous province

He was a supporter of the federalist

José Gervasio Artigas José Gervasio Artigas Arnal (; June 19, 1764 – September 23, 1850) was a political leader, military general, statesman and national hero of Uruguay and the broader Río de la Plata region. He fought in the Latin American wars of in ...

and, along with Eduardo Pérez Bulnes, declined to follow the Congress to

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, continuing to support Artigas' cause from Córdoba.

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1768 births 1820 deaths Members of the Congress of Tucumán People from Córdoba, Argentina 18th-century Argentine lawyers People of the Argentine War of Independence {{Argentina-law-bio-stub