José Figueroa Alcorta | |
Order: | President of Argentina |
Term Start: | March 13, 1906 |
Term End: | October 11, 1910 |
Predecessor: | Manuel Quintana |
Successor: | Roque Sáenz Peña |
Order2: | Vice President of Argentina |
Term Start2: | October 12, 1904 |
Term End2: | March 12, 1906 |
President2: | Manuel Quintana |
Predecessor2: | Norberto Quirno Costa |
Successor2: | Victorino de la Plaza |
Birth Date: | 20 November 1860 |
Birth Place: | Córdoba, Argentina |
Death Place: | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Spouse: | Josefa Julia María Bouquet Roldán |
Party: | National Autonomist Party |
Profession: | Lawyer |
Alma Mater: | National University of Córdoba |
Birth Name: | José Figueroa Alcorta |
Children: | Clara Julia Mario Ramón Jorge Esteban Luis Héctor |
Resting Place: | La Recoleta Cemetery Buenos Aires, Argentina |
José María Cornelio Figueroa Alcorta (November 20, 1860 - December 27, 1931) was an Argentine lawyer and politician, who managed to be the only person to head the three powers of the State: Vice President of the Nation (President of the Senate), from October 12, 1904 to March 12, 1906, President of the Nation from that date and until October 12, 1910; and President of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Argentine Nation, from 1929 until his death in 1931.[1]
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.[2] [3] [4] He was an active Freemason.[5]