Pinheiro Machado (politician)

Pinheiro Machado
Vice President of the Federal Senate
In office
22 July 1912 – 8 September 1915
Preceded byQuintino Bocaiuva
Succeeded byAntônio Azeredo
In office
5 May 1902 – 21 November 1905
Preceded byManoel de Queiroz
Succeeded byJoaquim Murtinho
Senator
In office
15 November 1890 – 8 September 1915
ConstituencyRio Grande do Sul
Personal details
Born(1851-05-08)8 May 1851
Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Died8 September 1915(1915-09-08) (aged 64)
Rio de Janeiro, Federal District, Brazil
Political partyPRR (1882–1910)
PRC (1910–1915)
Spouse
Benedita Brasilina da Silva Araújo Moniz
(m. 1876)
Parents
  • Antônio Gomes Pinheiro Machado (father)
  • Maria Manuela de Oliveira Aires (mother)
Alma materFaculty of Law of Largo de São Francisco
Military service
AllegianceEmpire of Brazil
United States of Brazil
Branch/serviceBrazilian Army
Years of service1866–1868
1893–1895
RankBrigadier general
Battles/wars

José Gomes Pinheiro Machado (8 May 1851 – 8 September 1915) was a Brazilian republican politician. He fought for the establishment of the Republic in Brazil and for its consolidation.

He fought on the republican side in the Federalist Revolution (Revolução Federalista), commanding the North Division (Divisão do Norte) and winning a victory over the monarchist forces at the battle of Passo Fundo in 1894.

He was a senator for the state of Rio Grande do Sul from 1890 until his assassination in 1915.[1]

  1. ^ Senador Pinheiro Machado Archived 2012-10-30 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)