Martinho Álvares da Silva Campos (22 November 1816 - 29 March 1887) was a Brazilian
physician, senator and adviser of the
Empire of Brazil.
Son of Martinho Álvares da Silva and Isabel Jacinta de Oliveira Campos
He graduated in medicine on December 20, 1838, from the School of Medicine of Rio de Janeiro. He married three times, his last wife being Felisberta Balbina Ribeiro de Avelar, with whom he had his only child, Martinho Alvares da Silva Campos Filho.
He served in the
Chamber of Deputies
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as deputy, from 1857 to 1881, for
Vassouras,
Rio de Janeiro and
Minas Gerais and was president of the Chamber from January 18, 1882 to February 17, 1882.
He was governor of the province of
Rio de Janeiro from March 15, 1881 to March 16, 1882. Between January 21 and July 3, 1882 he held the position of
President of the Council of Ministers, being at the same time Minister of Finance. From 1882 to 1887 he was in the
Senate
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and 1886 he was made a Councilor of State.
The municipality of
Martinho Campos is named after him.
References
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1816 births
1887 deaths
Governors of Rio de Janeiro (state)
People from Pitangui
Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Empire of Brazil)
Members of the Senate of the Empire of Brazil
Governors of Bahia (Empire of Brazil)
Finance Ministers of Brazil
Prime Ministers of Brazil