The New International Encyclopædia/Santa María, Domingo

SANTA MARÍA, Domingo (1820-90). A South American politician, born in Santiago de Chile. He was obliged to leave Chile because of his share in the events of 1850-51 and was again exiled in 1858. Upon his return to Chile he held the positions of Minister of Finance (1863-64), envoy to Peru, judge of the Supreme Court (1868), and president of the Court of Appeals (1874), He was a member of President Pinto's Cabinet, with the portfolios of Foreign Affairs, the Interior, and War, and was President of the Republic in 1881-86, when he again became president of the Court of Appeals. Many of the present railroads were built during his administration, the Araucanian Indians were brought into subjection, and the disputes with Peru arranged on a more secure peace basis. His works include Biografía de José Miguel Infante (1853) and Memoria historica sobre la abdicación del director Don Bernardo O'Higgins (1858).