Elpidio González

Elpidio González
13th Vice President of Argentina
In office October 12, 1922 – October 11, 1928
President	Marcelo T. de Alvear
Preceded by	Pelagio Luna
Succeeded by	Enrique Martínez
Personal details
Born	August 1, 1875 Rosario
Died	October 18, 1951 (aged 76) Buenos Aires
Nationality	Argentine
Political party	Radical Civic Union
Profession	Lawyer

Elpidio González (August 1, 1875 – October 18, 1951) was an Argentine politician of the Radical Civic Union. He was Vice President from 1922 to 1928 in the Marcelo T. de Alvear administration.

González studied in Rosario for his elementary and secondary education. He studied Law at the National University of Córdoba but he did not finish. He was a close friend of Hipólito Yrigoyen and played a part in the 1905 Revolution, where he was arrested.

González obtained his Law Degree at the National University of La Plata in 1907. In 1912 he was elected National Deputy for the city of Buenos Aires and in 1916 he was elected National Deputy for Córdoba Province.

When Yrigoyen was elected president (1916-1922) he served as Minister of War between 1916 and 1918 and as Buenos Aires Chief of Police between 1918 and 1921. In 1921 he was elected President of the Radical Civic Union party. In 1922 he was elected vice president on the Marcelo T. de Alvear ticket (1922-1928), after defeating a conservative party alliance called the Concertación Nacional. During his administration he opposed the president on many issues as part of a conflict between Yrigoyen's followers and the Antipersonalist faction of the Radical Union.

In 1928 during Yrigoyen's second administration (1928-1930) he served as Interior Minister until the military coup of September 6, 1930, which led to his incarceration for two years. He refused to receive the pension as vice president of the nation and in his last years, he worked as a seller for Anilinas Colibír company. He died in absolute poverty.

Bibliography

• Garcia Massa, Oscar (2000). Elpidio González. Historiando. .