MITRE, 111?•'1 rtt, llmtTot.om ( 1'321— ) An Argentine statesman, born at Buenos Ayres. To escape the despotism of the Dictator Roses, he tied to :Montevideo. In 1846 he emigrated to where he was appointed chief of staff to President ltallivian. and director of the military college. Upon the overthrow of Itallivian ( he was banished to Peru, and thence went to Chile. In 1-q51 he joined Urquiza in the upris ing against Rosas• and in IS53 commanded the revolutionary artillery at the battle of Monte Caseros. in which Itosas was overthrown. Elected Deputy to the Assembly of Buenos Ayres, he strongly opposed the administration of Urquiza, who was now at the head of the Argentine Confed eration. When subsequently luenos Ayres had set up an independent government. he was appointed minister of war and commander-in-chief of the forces. De was defeated by Urquiza at Cepeda in 1859, and Buenos Ayres was forced 10 rejoin the Confederation. in 1861 war again ln•oke out,
and Urquiza was defeated by Mitre at Pa von. A constituent congress was then assembled, the present Constitution of the Argentine Re public was adopted, and under it Mitre was chosen President for six By his care im portant internal improvements were promoted and foreign immigration was encouraged. When in 1865 war was declared against the Republic by the Pa•agltayan Dictator• Lopez, Mitre ef fected an alliance with Brazil and Uruguay, and commanded the united armies until 1867. In 1874, having failed as a candidate for the Presi dency, he headed an ineffectual revolt. lie founded at Buenos Ayres the newspaper La Nachic, which he long edited; published a volume of verse, lamas y poesias 1S79), and wrote two valuable historical works, the Historia de Belyrano (1357) and Historic. de Sao. _Martin (1869).