Adolfo de la Huerta

Not to be confused with Victoriano Huerta.
Adolfo de la Huerta

38th President of Mexico
In office
June 1, 1920 – November 30, 1920
Preceded by Venustiano Carranza
Succeeded by Álvaro Obregón
Personal details
Born Felipe Adolfo de la Huerta Marcor
(1881-05-26)May 26, 1881[1]
Guaymas, Sonora
Died July 9, 1955(1955-07-09) (aged 74)
Mexico, DF
Nationality Mexican
Political party Liberal Constitutionalist Party (PLC), later National Cooperativist Party (PNC)
Spouse(s) Clara Oriol

Felipe Adolfo de la Huerta Marcor (Spanish pronunciation: [aˈðolfo ðelaˈwerta]; May 26, 1881 – July 9, 1955) was a Mexican politician and interim President of Mexico from June 1 to November 30, 1920.

Biography

As Governor of the northern state of Sonora, he led the Revolution of Agua Prieta, which put an end to the presidency of Venustiano Carranza, who was killed during the revolt. It was then that De la Huerta was appointed interim President by Congress.[2]

Pancho Villa and his army surrendered during de la Huerta's presidency. De la Huerta became the Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit,[3] and in that role, negotiated the De la Huerta–Lamont Treaty.

De la Huerta started a failed revolt in 1923 against president Álvaro Obregón—whom he denounced as corrupt[4]—after Obregon endorsed Calles as his successor.[5] Catholics, conservatives and a considerable portion of the army officers, who felt Obregón had reversed Carranza's policy of favoring the army at the expense of the farmer-labor sector, supported De la Huerta.[5] With his superb organizing ability and popular support, Obregón crushed the rebellion and forced De la Huerta into exile.[5] On March 7, 1924, De la Huerta fled to Los Angeles and Obregón ordered the execution of every rebel officer with a rank higher than a major.[5]

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See also

References

  1. ↑ "Adolfo de la Huerta". Archived from the original on 12 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
  2. ↑ "Obregon Last Man to Serve Full Term as President". Reading Times. p. 4. Retrieved 5 January 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Gen. Obregon's Death Ends Stirring Career". The Wilkes-Barre Record. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ http://mexicanhistory.org/MexicanRevolutiontimeline.htm
  5. 1 2 3 4 http://www.mexconnect.com/articles/280-the-mexican-revolution-consolidation-1920-40-part-2

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Political offices
Preceded by
Venustiano Carranza		 President of Mexico
June 1 – November 30, 1920 		Succeeded by
Álvaro Obregón


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