José Figueroa Alcorta
José Figueroa Alcorta | |
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President of Argentina | |
In office March 13, 1906 – October 11, 1910 | |
Preceded by | Manuel Quintana |
Succeeded by | Roque Sáenz Peña |
Vice President of Argentina | |
In office October 12, 1904 – March 12, 1906 | |
President | Manuel Quintana |
Preceded by | Norberto Quirno Costa |
Succeeded by | Victorino de la Plaza |
Personal details | |
Born | Córdoba | November 20, 1860
Died | December 27, 1931 Buenos Aires | (aged 71)
Nationality | Argentina |
Political party | National Autonomist Party |
Spouse | Josefa Julia María Bouquet Roldán |
Profession | Lawyer |
José Maria Cornelio Figueroa Alcorta (Spanish pronunciation: [xoˈse ˈmaɾja koɾˈneljo fiɣeˈɾoa alˈkoɾta]; November 20, 1860 – December 27, 1931) was President of Argentina from 12 March 1906 to 12 October 1910.
Figueroa Alcorta was born in Córdoba as the son of José Figueroa and Teodosia Alcorta. He was elected a National Deputy for Córdoba before becoming Provincial Governor in 1895. In 1898 he returned to the Argentine Congress as a Senator. In 1904 he became Vice-President of Argentina and in 1906 succeeded Manuel Quintana as President.[1][2][3] He was an active Freemason.[4]
He is the only Argentine President to date to have held office in - and presided - the three powers of democratic government: Legislative, as Deputy (1892) and Senator (1898); Executive, as President (1906); and Judiciary, as Justice of the Supreme Court (1915) and then President of the same (1929).[5]
References
- ^ Solberg, Carl E. (1979). Oil and Nationalism in Argentina: A History. Stanford University Press. pp. 12–. ISBN 9780804709859. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
- ^ Akers, Charles Edmond (1904). A history of South America, 1854-1904. E.P. Dutton. pp. 120–. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
- ^ Colby, Frank Moore; Churchill, Allen Leon (1909). New International Yearbook: A Compendium of the World's Progress. Dodd, Mead and Co. pp. 46–. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-09-22. Retrieved 2013-04-02.
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