HUERTA, ADOLFO DE LA

born 1881, Hermosillo, Mex. died July 9, 1955, Mexico City politician who served as interim president of Mexico in 1920. Huerta worked in a variety of jobs in his native state of Sonora before becoming an agitator against the government of President Porfirio Daz in 1908. He participated in the Mexican Revolution and served as governor of Sonora from 1917 to 1920. Along with his fellow Sonorans lvaro Obregn and Plutarco Elas Calles, he helped overthrow President Venustiano Carranza in May 1920, and he served as interim president of Mexico from June through November of that year. Huerta served as minister of finance under Obregn from 1920 to 1923 and tried in that post to reestablish Mexico's finances on a sound basis. When Obregn supported Calles as the government's presidential candidate in the 1924 elections, Huerta organized an armed rebellion that was suppressed by the government after a few months. Huerta then went into exile, living in Los Angeles from 1924 to 1935 and giving singing lessons to support himself. He returned to Mexico in 1935 after charges against him were dismissed by President Lzaro Crdenas and was made inspector general of consuls.