Alejo Bay
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Alejo Bay | |
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 Alejo Bay, Alvaro Obregon and Plutarco Elias Calles time after the Battle of Agua Prieta | |
| 4th Governor of Sonora | |
| In office 1923–1927 | |
| Preceded by | Adolfo de la Huerta |
| Succeeded by | Fausto Topete |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1891 Álamos, Mexico |
| Died | January 30, 1952 Rochester, United States |
| Nationality | Mexican American |
| Political party | Great Sonoran Civil Party |
| Parent | Thomas Bay |
Alejo Bay (1891 – January 30, 1952) was a Mexican - American political leader.
Early life
[edit]Bay was born in Álamos, Sonora. His father was Thomas Bay, an Irish-American and Confederate soldier from St. Louis, Missouri, that went to live in Alamos after The Union won the war.
Political career
[edit]Don Alejo Bay figured during a long time in political and federal issues in the Mexican state of Sonora. Alejo Bay was two times federal deputy, senator of the republic, local deputy and governor of Sonora during the Constitutional period from 1923 to 1927.[1] He was also the Secretary of Treasury during 1939, under the command of general Macias Valenzuela. He was good friends with President Álvaro Obregón. During 1920, as a senator, he joined a group that was led by generals Jose Gonzalo Escobar and Fausto Topete, against president Plutarco Elias Calles for betraying his comrade Alvaro Obregon which caused him to march in the desert for five years.
Death
[edit]Alejo Bay died January 30, 1952, in Rochester, Minnesota, United States.[2]
Sources
[edit]- ^ Camp, Roderic Ai (2011). Mexican Political Biographies, 1935-2009: Fourth Edition. University of Texas Press. p. 91. ISBN 9780292726345.
- ^ "Jueves 31 de Enero de 1952". Historiadehermosillo.com. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
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- 1891 births
- People from Álamos
- Mexican people of Irish descent
- Mexican emigrants to the United States
- Governors of Sonora
- Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)
- Members of the Senate of the Republic (Mexico)
- 1952 deaths
- 20th-century Mexican politicians
- Members of the Congress of Sonora
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