Prudente de Morais

Prudente de Morais
Official portrait, 1894
3rd President of Brazil
In office
15 November 1894 – 15 November 1898
Vice PresidentManuel Vitorino
Preceded byFloriano Peixoto
Succeeded byCampos Sales
Vice President of the Federal Senate
In office
19 June 1891 – 9 May 1894
Preceded byBrás Carneiro
Succeeded byUbaldino do Amaral
Other offices held
1890–1891President of the Constituent Assembly
1890–1894Senator for São Paulo
1889–1890President of São Paulo
1889–1889Member of the São Paulo Governing Junta
1885–1886General Deputy for São Paulo
1881–1882Provincial Deputy of São Paulo
1878–1879Provincial Deputy of São Paulo
1868–1869Provincial Deputy of São Paulo
Personal details
Born(1841-10-04)4 October 1841
Itu, São Paulo, Empire of Brazil
Died3 December 1902(1902-12-03) (aged 61)
Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
Political partyLiberal (until 1873)
PRP (1873–1893)
PRF (1893–1902)
Spouse
(m. 1866)
Alma materFaculty of Law of São Paulo (LL.B.)
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Prudente José de Morais Barros[a] (4 October 1841 – 3 December 1902), often referred to as Prudente de Morais, was a Brazilian lawyer and politician who served as the third president of Brazil from 1894 to 1898. Morais was elected in 1894, being the first civilian president of the country, the first to be elected by direct popular ballot under the permanent provisions of Brazil's 1891 Constitution, and the first to serve his term in its entirety. Before his presidency he served as president (governor) of the state of São Paulo and president of the Senate from 1891 to 1894. He was also president of the Constituent Congress that drafted and enacted Brazil's 1891 Constitution.

His presidency was marked by the end of the Federalist Revolution in southern Brazil and the War of Canudos, a peasant revolt in the northeast of the country that was crushed by the Brazilian Army. He also had to face a break in diplomatic relations with Portugal that was successfully mediated by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.


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