Recoleta Cemetery remains a status symbol in part because it once hosted 29 Heads of State from Argentina—technically more if you count re-elections & make allowances for the insanely long term of Rosas (20 years total). But the most interesting bit of trivia is that EVERY President from 1862 to 1938 was buried there… 76 years of national history in one spot. Not bad considering Argentina is about to celebrate its bicentennial.
1862-68 • Bartolomé Mitre
1868-74 • Domingo Sarmiento
1874-80 • Nicolas Avellaneda
1880-86 • Julio Argentino Roca
1886-90 • Miguel Juárez Celman
1890-92 • Carlos Pellegrini
1892-95 • Luis Sáenz Peña
1895-98 • José Evaristo Uriburu
1898-04 • Julio Argentino Roca
1904-06 • Manuel Quintana
1906-10 • José Figueroa Alcorta
1910-14 • Roque Sáenz Peña
1914-16 • Victorino de la Plaza
1916-22 • Hipólito Yrigoyen
1922-28 • Marcelo T. de Alvear
1928-30 • Hipólito Yrigoyen
1930-32 • José Félix Uriburu
1932-38 • Agustín P. Justo
Unfortunately the continuous 18 terms has been broken with the transfer to another cemetery of Miguel Juárez Celman & Victorino de la Plaza during recent times. But the record will probably never be topped.
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