of the country. The city of Puerto Montt, at the centre of the newly settled lands, was named after him. He governed Chile with an energy and wisdom that laid the foundation of her material prosperity. 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. His presidency was marked by the establishment of railways, telegraphs, banks, schools and training-colleges. Near the end of his second term, when Montt indicated a preference for Varas, his minister of the interior, to be his successor, liberals again staged an armed uprising. Montt again subdued the revolt but pacified the liberals by shifting his support to José Joaquín Pérez, who was a moderate. On giving up the presidency in 1861, Montt became President of the Supreme Court, a position which he held up to his death in September 1880. His nephew Jorge (born 1846) was president of Chile in 1891–1896, as well as his son, Pedro (died 1910), between 1906 and 1910. See also Montt family References Sources P. B. Figueroa, Diccionario biografico de Chile, 1550–1887 (Santiago, 1888) J. B. Suarez, Rasgos biograficos de hombres notables de Chile (Valparaiso, 1886) External links Short biography Genealogical chart of Montt family 1809 births 1880 deaths People from Petorca Chilean people of Catalan descent Manuel Montt Presidents of Chile Supreme Court of Chile members Chilean Ministers of the Interior Foreign ministers of Chile Chilean Ministers of Defense Conservative Party (Chile) politicians National Party (Chile, 1857) politicians Instituto Nacional General José Miguel Carrera alumni Candidates for President of Chile