The Argentine presidential election of 1860 was held on 6 February to choose the second president of the
Argentine Confederation
The Argentine Confederation (Spanish: ''Confederación Argentina'') was the last predecessor state of modern Argentina; its name is still one of the official names of the country according to the Argentine Constitution, Article 35. It was the na ...
. Santiago Derqui was elected president.
The
Buenos Aires Province seceded from the Confederation as the
State of Buenos Aires on 11 September 1852 and did not participate in elections until
1862
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The United Kingdom annexes Lagos Island, in modern-day Nigeria.
* January 6 – French intervention in Mexico: French, Spanish and British forces arrive in Veracruz, Mexico.
* January ...
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Results
Results by Province
Notes
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1860 elections in South America
1860 in Argentina
1860
Events
January–March
* January 2 – The discovery of a hypothetical planet Vulcan is announced at a meeting of the French Academy of Sciences in Paris, France.
* January 10 – The Pemberton Mill in Lawrence, Massachuset ...
Elections in Argentina
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