Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Acosta, Santos

ACOSTA, Santos, Colombian statesman, b. in Mirafiores, Colombia, in 1880. He became conspicuous in politics when quite young. He has been general-in-chief of the Colombian army, representative and senator in several legislatures, secretary of state, a foreign minister, and president of the republic from May, 1807, to April, 1868.