Spaventa deputato e il collegio elettorale di Bergamo

The essay focuses on Silvio Spaventa's activity as a member of the Italian House of Deputees, that is as a patriot from the far away Abruzzi region elected four times by the Bergamo constituency (1876-1889). It outlines the political strategy adopted by the local representatives of the conservative party, the Right, in the difficult shift it went through from Parliament majority to minority. The constitutional conservatives chose to invest on the high reputation Spaventa had as one of the most distinguished actors of the Risorgimento. It also highlights the qualified contribution Spaventa gave to Parliament legislative work, with his powerful speeches addressed to his constituency, to the House or to the press, on topics like the guarantees due to the Parliament minority, the opportunity of establishing an administrative justice system, the guidelines for an effective railway policy.