Borges de Medeiros explained

Borges de Medeiros
Honorific-Suffix:GOONM
Office:President of Rio Grande do Sul
Term Start:25 January 1913
Term End:25 January 1928
Predecessor:Carlos Barbosa Gonçalves
Successor:Getúlio Vargas
Term Start2:25 January 1898
Term End2:25 January 1908
Predecessor2:Júlio de Castilhos
Successor2:Carlos Barbosa Gonçalves
Office3:Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Term Start3:6 July 1935
Term End3:10 November 1937
Constituency3:Rio Grande do Sul
Term Start4:15 November 1890
Term End4:31 December 1892
Constituency4:Rio Grande do Sul
Birth Date:19 November 1863
Birth Place:Caçapava do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Death Place:Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Party:PRR (1882–1937)
UDN (1945–1961)
Father:Augusto César de Medeiros
Mother:Miguelina de Lima Borges
Alma Mater:Faculty of Law of Recife
Occupation:Editor of A Federação
Allegiance:Brazil
Serviceyears:1893–1895
Rank:Lieutenant colonel
Battles:Federalist Revolution

Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros (19 November 1863 – 25 April 1961) was a Brazilian lawyer, judge, and politician. He served as Chief Judge and was appointed as the President of Rio Grande do Sul for a total of 25 years (1898–1908 and 1913–1928), during the period of Brazilian history known as the República Velha.[1] He "inherited" the presidency from Júlio de Castilhos, the local dictator against whom the 1893 Federalist Revolutionhad been fought.[2] Supporters of Borges de Medeiros were known as borgistas.[3]

Medeiros was born in Caçapava do Sul. He ran in the presidential election of 1934, but was defeated by President Getúlio Vargas. He died in Porto Alegre, aged 97.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Hentschke, J. . Vargas and Brazil: New Perspectives . 2006-12-11 . Springer . 978-0-230-60175-8 . 38 . en.
  2. Book: Machado, Roberto Pinheiro . Brazilian History: Culture, Society, Politics 1500-2010 . 2018-06-11 . Cambridge Scholars Publishing . 978-1-5275-1209-2 . 162 . en.
  3. Book: Hentschke, J. . Vargas and Brazil: New Perspectives . 2006-12-11 . Springer . 978-0-230-60175-8 . 294 . en.