Paulista Republican Party

Paulista Republican Party
Partido Republicano Paulista
Historical leader(s)Prudente de Morais,
Campos Sales,
Rodrigues Alves,
Washington Luís,
Júlio Prestes
FoundedApril 18, 1873 (1873-04-18)
DissolvedDecember 2, 1937 (1937-12-02)
HeadquartersSão Paulo
NewspaperCorreio Paulistano
IdeologyRepublicanism
Federalism
Regionalism
Agrarianism
Milk coffee politics
Conservative liberalism
Secularism
Political positionCentre-right

The Paulista Republican Party (Portuguese: Partido Republicano Paulista, PRP) was a Brazilian political party founded on April 18, 1873 during the Itu Convention [pt] and sparked the first modern republican movement in Brazil.

Its followers were called perrepistas. PRP was the predominant political party in the state of São Paulo throughout the First Brazilian Republic. At the federal level, it allied, in most cases, with the Mineiro Republican Party (PRM) in elections and power alternation through the coffee with milk politics.[1][2]

During its active period, the party elected four presidents of the republic: Campos Salles (1898), Rodrigues Alves (1902 and 1918), Washington Luís (1922), and Júlio Prestes (1930).

PRP was dissolved on December 2, 1937, during the Estado Novo.

  1. ^ "Política do café-com-leite - História". InfoEscola (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-07-24.
  2. ^ "Política do Café com Leite". Toda Matéria (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-07-24.