Buenaventura (Ventura) Cousiño Jorquera (1808–1855) was a

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an congressman, lawyer and politician. He was born on the

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ranch in

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on July 18, 1808, and died in

on November 29, 1855.

Biography

Jorquera was the son of José Agustín Cousiño y Zapata and Doña Josefa Jorquera y Alfaro, grandson of Juan Antonio Cousiño Orgue, a native of

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, Galicia, the first Cousiño to arrive in

. He studied at the National Institute and graduated as a lawyer from the faculty of law at the San Felipe University in 1836. He later married Rosario Ortúzar Castillo, with whom he produced many children. He devoted himself to different fora, to teaching and politics.

Political career

He conducted Latin classes at the National Institute and in 1845 he joined the Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities at the

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, where he delivered a speech on "Excellence in Latin literature", a work that was published in the Annals of the University. He conducted several trips to the north, especially to Copiapo, where his son Henry was born. He was elected deputy for

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and Puchacay in 1840, but did not have the opportunity to replace the proprietary deputy. He served as a deputy in 1843 for Rere. In 1846 he was elected representative of Osorno. During this time he joined the Standing Committee on Government, Foreign Affairs and Education and Charities. He was Deputy of

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, in 1849, working on the Standing Committee on Constitution, Law and Justice, and Government and Foreign Affairs.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cousinzzo Jorquera 1808 births 1855 deaths Politicians from Santiago, Chile Members of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile