Pinheiro Machado (politician) explained

Pinheiro Machado
Office2:Senator
Term Start2:15 November 1890
Term End2:8 September 1915
Constituency2:Rio Grande do Sul
Office:Vice President of the Federal Senate
Term Start:22 July 1912
Term End:8 September 1915
Predecessor:Quintino Bocaiuva
Successor:Antônio Azeredo
Term Start1:5 May 1902
Term End1:21 November 1905
Predecessor1:Manoel de Queiroz
Successor1:Joaquim Murtinho
Birth Date:8 May 1851
Birth Place:Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Death Place:Rio de Janeiro, Federal District, Brazil
Party:PRR (1882–1910)
PRC (1910–1915)
Father:Antônio Gomes Pinheiro Machado
Mother:Maria Manuela de Oliveira Aires
Alma Mater:Faculty of Law of Largo de São Francisco
Allegiance:Empire of Brazil
United States of Brazil
Branch:Brazilian Army
Serviceyears:1866–1868
1893–1895
Rank:Brigadier general
Battles:

José Gomes Pinheiro Machado (8 May 1851 – 8 September 1915) was a Brazilian republican politician. He fought for the establishment of the Republic in Brazil and for its consolidation.

He fought on the republican side in the Federalist Revolution (Revolução Federalista), commanding the North Division (Divisão do Norte) and winning a victory over the monarchist forces at the battle of Passo Fundo in 1894.

He was a senator for the state of Rio Grande do Sul from 1890 until his assassination in 1915.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. http://cyroadvincula.hd1.com.br/ Senador Pinheiro Machado