he accepted Socialist Party leader Juan B. Justo's invitation to join his ticket as a running mate. The decision to include the pragmatic Matienzo sparked a division in the party during their 1927 convention, however. Three months before the April 1928 election, Justo died unexpectedly, and Matienzo fared poorly. In 1932 the aging academic was elected to the Argentine Senate from his native Province of Tucumán, and he remained there until his death in 1936, at age 75. References Todo Argentina: José Nicolás Matienzo External links 1860 births 1936 deaths 19th-century Argentine lawyers Argentine prosecutors Argentine male writers University of Buenos Aires faculty Members of the Argentine Senate for Tucumán Candidates for President of Argentina People from San Miguel de Tucumán Argentine people of Spanish descent