José Ignacio de Gorriti

General José Ignacio de Gorriti (1770 – 9 November 1835) was an Argentine statesman, soldier and lawyer.

He and his brother, Juan Ignacio de Gorriti (later a prominent priest and lawmaker), studied at the Montserrat School in Córdoba.

He campaigned with the Army of the North and alongside General Martín Güemes, and was subsequently elected by a grateful Salta to the Tucumán Congress, serving in 1816 for the declaration.

When the Congress moved to Buenos Aires in 1817, he resigned to continue to work in Salta with Güemes.

He had a distinguished role in the campaign, organising the gaucho cavalry and in 1820 won a key battle against the royalists.