by firing squad by Juan Lavalle, Lopez was exiled to Uruguay. Late years He returned in 1830 as a member of the Tribunal of Justice for Juan Manuel de Rosas. He was president of the Tribunal for many years and, among other things, presided over the judgement of the assassins of Juan Facundo Quiroga. He was president of the literary salon led by Marcos Sastre, but was not part of the group known as the Generation of '37, to which belonged his two sons, Vicente Fidel López and Lucio Vicente López. See also List of heads of state of Argentina References External links 1785 births 1856 deaths People from Buenos Aires Argentine people of Spanish descent Presidents of Argentina 19th-century Argentine lawyers National anthem writers People of the Argentine War of Independence Burials at La Recoleta Cemetery University of Charcas alumni Argentine Freemasons