Prudente de Morais
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Prudente José de Morais Barros 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 th
Official portrait, 1894
The Morais Family, from left to right: Prudente Filho, Maria Amélia, Adelaide (wife), Paula, Gustavo, Carlota, Maria Teresa, Prudente, Antônio and Julia, c. 1875
Prudente de Morais (center) as President of the Constituent Congress, presides over the swearing-in of Deodoro da Fonseca as first President of the Republic and of Floriano Peixoto as Vice-President on 26 February 1891, painting by Aurélio de Figueiredo (Republic Museum, Rio de Janeiro).
President Morais shakes hands with King Carlos I of Portugal during the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between Brazil and Portugal after talks mediated by Queen Victoria, 16 March 1895.
Campos Sales
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Manoel Ferraz de Campos Sales was a Brazilian lawyer, coffee farmer, and politician who served as the fourth president of Brazil from 1898 to 1902.
Prudente de Morais
…he took his last preparatory exams and in 1859 he enrolled in the Faculty of Law. During his studies at the Faculty of Law, Morais was a colleague of Campos Sales, Bernardino de Campos, Rangel Pestana, and Francisco Quirino dos Santos. Like many other leaders of Brazil's early republican period, in the faculty…
Official portrait, 1898
Tomb of Campos Sales in the Consolação Cemetery, São Paulo. Sculptures by Rodolfo Bernardelli