Juan Antonio Lavalleja held public office at a time when the terms of that office were themselves being contested.
The record lists Juan Antonio Lavalleja as Uruguayan politician (1784-1853).
Juan Antonio Lavalleja was born at Minas in 1784. His recorded nationality is Uruguay.
Revolution and constitution-writing defined this period; the question of who counts as a citizen was opened and only partly answered.
The record of office reads: President of Uruguay (1853–1853).
His political affiliation is recorded as National Party and Federalist Party.
Power is judged twice: once by contemporaries who felt it, and again by historians who did not.
That the career was made in Uruguay is not incidental: the institutions available, the franchise, and the constraints of the moment all shaped what could be attempted.
Juan Antonio Lavalleja died in 1853, aged 69. The assessment continues, as it does for anyone who held power - which is the ordinary fate of a political life.
Achievements
- President of Uruguay (1853–1853)
