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See also: born on the 5th of See also: September 18og
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He had a distinguished career as a See also: scholar, and was introduced into public See also: life during the See also: presidency (1831-1841) of Arieto by Diego Portales
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See also: Montt distinguished himself by his courage in the crisis that followed upon Portales' assassination in 1837, though only holding a sub-See also: ordinate See also: post in the See also: government, and afterwards he held several ministerial offices, and during the presidency (1841-1851) of Bulnes he became See also: minister of See also: justice and public instruction, and later of the interior
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He was elected president in 1851 and again in 1856, and though the Liberals chafed under his See also: rule, and two revolutions, in 1851 and 1859, took place during his administration, he governed Chile with an energy and wisdom that laid the foundation of her material prosperity
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He was ably assisted by his minister of the interior Antonio Varas, and it was from the union of the two statesmen that the well-known ultra-conservative faction, the Montt-Varistas, took their name
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His presidency was marked by the establishment of See also: railways, telegraphs, See also: banks, See also: schools and training-colleges
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On giving up his post in 1861 he became president of the Supreme See also: Court of Justice, a position which he held up to his See also: death on the 20th of September 1880
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His son Jorje (b
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1846) was president of Chile in 1891-'896, and a younger son, Pedro (d
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1910), in r906-1910
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See P
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B
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Figueroa, Diccionario biografico de Chile, 1550—1887 ( See also: Santiago, 1888) ; and J
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B
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See also: Suarez, Rasgos biograficos de hombres notables de Chile (See also: Valparaiso, 1886)
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