Vicente Gallo

Vicente Gallo (3 October 1873, San Miguel de Tucumán - 3 June 1942, Buenos Aires) was an Argentine lawyer, academic and politician of the Radical Civic Union.

Gallo joined the Radical Civic Union from its inception, forming part of a group of young people who worked with Hipólito Yrigoyen in the mid-1890s. He was elected National Deputy in 1912 and senator 1919-1923, always representing the city of Buenos Aires.

In 1920 Gallo was one of the founding members of the "Liga Patriótica", a para-police organization. [ [http://www.puntoedu.edu.ar/comunidades/soc/historia/+info/patriotica.pdf Una propuesta nacionalista frente a la conflictividad social de la década de 1920: la Liga Patriótica Argentina, por Mirta Moscatelli] ] .In 1923 he became Minister of the Interior for President Marcelo T. de Alvear, resigning in 1926 when Alvear declined to support his proposed federal intervention in Buenos Aires Province to combat Yrigoyen and his movement.

In 1924 Gallo was part of a group of Radical Party members who formed the splinter group Antipersonalist Radical Civic Union. He was a candidate for Vice-President for this party, as running mate to Leopoldo Melo in 1928, losing soundly to Yrigoyen.

Between 1934 and 1941 Gallo was Dean of the Universidad de Buenos Aires, where he was a professor in Administrative Law. He was married to Celia Gallo, the daughter of his uncle, politician Delfín Gallo.

References

*cite book
last = Luna
first = Felix
title = El antipersonalismo
origyear = 2004
edition = Anales 2004
publisher = Academia Nacional de Ciencias Morales y políticas
location = Buenos Aires, Argentina
language = Spanish
id = [http://www.ancmyp.org.ar/espanol/anales/2004/El%20antipersonalismo-luna.pdf]

*cite book
last = Luna
first = Felix
title = Yrigoyen
origyear = 1964
edition = Anales 2004
publisher = Desarrollo
location = Buenos Aires, Argentina
language = Spanish