José Eugenio Tello, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Argentine politician
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Place of Birth: San Salvador de Jujuy, Jujuy Province, Argentina
About José Eugenio Tello
- José Eugenio Tello (November 14, 1849 – November 30, 1924) was an Argentine politician that governed the provinces of Jujuy, Chubut, and Río Negro.
- Tello was born in San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina.
- He was the son of José Tello, a Spanish businessman born in Zamora, and Josefa Zalazar, an Argentine woman. He represented a variety of districts in the Jujuy legislature between 1875 and 1883: Ledesma Department from 1875 to 1876, Humahuaca from 1877 to 1878 and again in 1880, and San Pedro de Jujuy in 1879 and again from 1881 to 1883.
- He ultimately became president of the legislature, and then was elected governor of the province.
- From 1886 to 1895, he served as a senator for Jujuy in the national legislature.
- Then, from 1895 to 1898, he served as governor of Chubut (then a national territory).
- In 1897, he went to the Genoa Valley to put down a rebellion commanded by the cacique Salpul.
- A year later, he left Chubut territory and became governor of Río Negro territory, a post he held until 1905. He died in 1924 in Buenos Aires, where he lived the last years of his life.
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