José Frías Silva Governor of Tucumán. He was born on January 7, 1863 in San Miguel de Tucumán and died on September 22, 1933. Biography
Member of a family of old roots in northern Argentina, was the grandson of the governors José Manuel Silva (1828) and José Frías. He studied primary and secondary education in his hometown. In 1881 he enrolled in the Faculty of Law of the University of Buenos Aires, where he graduated as a lawyer in 1887. His thesis, with which he opted for the degree of doctor (Nullity of Legal Acts) was awarded with the gold medal , a distinction that was granted by the university for the first time. Upon returning to his hometown, he served as judge. He alternated this activity with the attention of the San José and Santa Lucía sugar mills, and the stays of the family in Tafí del Valle. He fought in politics in conservatism, being the founder of a provincial party called Unión Popular. Personal friend of Roque Sáenz Peña, and staunch political opponent of Julio Argentino Roca, he held numerous public offices (edil in San Miguel de Tucumán, provincial senator, president of the Senate in 1905). As President of the Senate, he served as Acting Governor (1906), upon the resignation of Dr. José Antonio Olmos, until the assumption of the new President, engineer Luis F, Nougués. He integrated and presided over the Provincial Constituent Convention of 1907. He was a national deputy for Tucumán in 1908, and president of the Constitutional Business Commission of the Chamber. In the elections of December of 1908, he was elected governor of Tucumán. Its mandate extended from 1909 to 1913. During its government, internal crises determined the division of the Popular Union in the Conservative Party, that Frias headed Silva, and in the Constitutional Party, that followed Luis Nougués. Once retired from the government, he was one of the founders of the Sugar Center. It only left the public in 1916, to integrate the Commission of Tribute to the Centennial of the Independence, in 1916; and in 1931, to preside over the tribute in Tucumán to President José Félix Uriburu, on the occasion of his visit. Management
During his tenure, and despite the economic difficulties (a plague, the mosaic, devastated the sugar plantations of Tucumán), he considerably expanded the irrigation systems in the province. The architectural complex still existing in what was then called Sarmiento Boulevard (the current San Martín Theater, the Legislative Palace and the Hotel Savoy) dates from this period. The creation law of the University of Tucumán was enacted and promulgated; and the Government House was built, which was inaugurated on September 24, 1912, as part of the celebrations for the centenary of the Battle of Tucumán, with the assistance of President Roque Sáenz Peña.
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