Rosada because of his sensitive health that prevented him from traveling with his cart from home. He adopted a sector as his home and had heating, rugs, rocking chairs and stained glass installed. During the last days of his life, Sáenz Peña remarked “I have lost almost all my friends, but I have governed for the Republic.” He died 3 years and 301 days after assuming the presidency, on 9 August 1914. He was buried the next day in the Recoleta Cemetery in Buenos Aires. Legacy Sáenz Peña is known today for his electoral reform and his fierce determination to protect the interests of Argentina abroad. In Argentina, mainly in Buenos Aires, he is also very honored, having streets, avenues and towns with his name. An example of this is: The President Roque Sáenz Peña Avenue in Buenos Aires. The subway station Sáenz Peña in Buenos Aires, Province. City Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña in Chaco. Department Presidente Roque Sáenz Peña in Córdoba. among others. The figure of Roque Sáenz Peña -as a soldier- is very remembered in Peru, where many cities in this country have a street with the name of Sáenz Peña and there are monuments to his memory. In Rio de Janeiro, his name is remembered in Plaza Sáenz Peña. Honours Decorations : Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour (6 May 1913) References Bibliography Botana, Natalio R., Ezequiel Gallo, and Ian Barnett. 2013. Liberal Thought In Argentina, 1837-1940. 1st ed. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund. Cibotti, Ema. 2011. Historias Mínimas De Nuestra Historia. 1st ed. Buenos Aires: Aguilar, Alfaguara, Altea, Taurus. McSpadden, Joseph Walker. 1912. Official Digest Of The World: American Statesman's Year-Book, A Supplement To All Encyclopedias, Embracing The Latest Statistics, Records, And Current History Of Every State And Current History Of Every State And Country. P.F. Collier & Son. "Presidencia De Roque Saenz Peña". 2017. Accessed 1 March. http://www.todo-argentina.net/historia/gen80/SaenzPena(1910-1916)/index.html. "Revolución De 1874". 2017. Es.Wikipedia.Org. https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolución_de_1874. Rock, David. 1985. Argentina, 1516-1982. 1st ed. Berkeley: University of California Press. "Roque Sáenz Peña". 2017. Britannica Academic. Encyclopædia Britannica. "Roque Sáenz Peña". 2017. Biografías Y Vidas. La Enciclopedia Biografía en Línea. The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. 2007. "War Of The Pacific". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, inc. External links index.html La presidencia de Roque Sáenz Peña 1910-1914. Accidente de Roque Sáenz Peña en 1905 (Lima). Rulers.org |- Presidents of Argentina 1851 births 1914 deaths 19th-century Argentine lawyers Ambassadors of Argentina to Spain