José Camilo Crotto

José Camilo Crotto
Gobernador de la Provincia de Buenos Aires
In office
1918–1921
Personal details
Born May 26, 1863
Dolores, Buenos Aires
Died 1936
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Resting place La Recoleta Cemetery
Nationality Argentine
Political party Radical Civic Union
Spouse(s) Eva Ángela Mazzini.[1]
Occupation Politician
Profession Legal
Religion Catholicism

José Camilo Crotto (1863-1936) was an Argentine politician, served as national Senator[2] and was Governor of Buenos Aires Province between 1918 and 1921.[3] He was one of the founders of Radical Civic Union.[4]

Biography

José Camilo was born Dolores, son of Giuseppe Crotto and Valeria Villas.[5] he received his primary education in his hometown. In 1873, Crotto became a pupil at San Jose school, where he completed his secondary education.[6] He obtained his law degree at the University of Buenos Aires in 1888.[7]

Crotto was involved in the military civic uprisings, organized by the Civic Union. In 1890, he participated in the Revolution of the Park, and 15 years later in the Revolution of 1905.[8] Between 1909 and 1918, Crotto was president of the Unión Cívica Radical.[9] In 1912, he was elected senator.[10] On May 1, 1918 Crotto assumed the government of the province. He resigned in 1921, by disagreements with Hipólito Yrigoyen.[11]

References

  1. ↑ Crotto: historia de una ingratitud. Ernesto Quiroga Micheo, Ernesto Raúl Quiroga Vergara.
  2. ↑ Diario de sesiones de la Cámara de Senadores. Argentina. Congreso de la Nación. Senado de la Nación.
  3. ↑ Lo intraducible: ensayos sobre poesía y traducción. Alejandro Bekes.
  4. ↑ Modern Argentine Poetry: Exile, Displacement, Migration. Ben Bollig.
  5. ↑ Origen y Evolución de Dolores. Reseña de un pueblo de la provincia de Buenos Aires. Pirali, Juan Carlos.
  6. ↑ Quien es quien en la Argentina; biografías contemporáneas. G. Kraft, ltda.
  7. ↑ Buenos Aires, la gran provincia:. Tall. gráf. Ferrari hnos.
  8. ↑ Historia argentina fundamental: los ciclos y los hechos. Jorge María Ramallo.
  9. ↑ Roque: Sáenz Peña: el presidente que forjó la democracia moderna. María Sáenz Quesada.
  10. ↑ Sáenz Peña-- "salió la nueva ley!": elecciones en la ciudad de Buenos Aires, 1912. Carlos Alberto Giacobone.
  11. ↑ Historia argentina contemporánea, 1862-1930: Historia de las provincias y sus pueblos. 2 v. Academia Nacional de la Historia (Argentina).
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