Domingo Faustino Sarmiento is remembered in public life for work that changed what came after it.
The record lists Domingo Faustino Sarmiento as Argentinian politician and writer (1811-1888).
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento was born at San Juan in 1811. His recorded nationality is Argentina.
The nineteenth century produced mass politics - parties, newspapers, franchises that widened by inches - and empire on a scale never seen before.
The record of office reads: President of Argentina (1868–1874), member of the Argentine Chamber of Senators (1875–1879) and ambassador of Argentina to Chile.
His political affiliation is recorded as Unitarian Party.
The test of a public life is what remained possible afterwards that had not been possible before.
That the career was made in Argentina is not incidental: the institutions available, the franchise, and the constraints of the moment all shaped what could be attempted.
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento died in 1888, aged 77. The assessment continues, as it does for anyone who held power - which is the ordinary fate of a political life.
Achievements
- President of Argentina (1868–1874)
- member of the Argentine Chamber of Senators (1875–1879)
- ambassador of Argentina to Chile
- ambassador of Argentina to the United States (1863–1868)
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