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Prudente de Morais | |||||||||||||||||||||
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3rd President of Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||
In office 15 November 1894 – 15 November 1898 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Vice President | Manuel Vitorino | ||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Floriano Peixoto | ||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Campos Sales | ||||||||||||||||||||
Vice President of the Federal Senate | |||||||||||||||||||||
In office 19 June 1891 – 9 May 1894 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Brás Carneiro | ||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Ubaldino do Amaral | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Itu, São Paulo, Empire of Brazil | 4 October 1841||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 3 December 1902 Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil | (aged 61)||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | Liberal (until 1873) PRP (1873–1893) PRF (1893–1902) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | |||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Faculty 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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