The Conservative Republican Party (
Portuguese
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: ''Partido Republicano Conservador'', PRC) was a Brazilian political party founded in October 1910 to represent the republican and oligarchic ideals of agrarian elites of states discontented with the domination of the states of
São Paulo
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for ' Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the Ga ...
and
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte (literally ...
(''"
café com leite"'') during the
República Velha
The First Brazilian Republic, also referred to as the Old Republic ( pt, República Velha ), officially the Republic of the United States of Brazil, refers to the period of Brazilian history from 1889 to 1930. The Old Republic began with the d ...
.
Its main representatives were
Rio Grande do Sul Senator José Gomes Pinheiro Machado and Marshal
Hermes da Fonseca
Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca (; 12 May 1855 – 9 September 1923) was a Brazilian field marshal and politician who served as the eighth President of Brazil between 1910 and 1914. He was a nephew of marshal Deodoro da Fonseca, the first president ...
, who was elected
president of the republic from 1910 to 1914.
The PRC declined from 1916 with the death of Pinheiro Machado. Like all political parties it was finally abolished by the
Estado Novo in 1937.
First Brazilian Republic
Defunct political parties in Brazil
Political parties established in 1910
Conservative parties in Brazil
Republican parties
Political parties disestablished in 1937
1910 establishments in Brazil
1937 disestablishments in Brazil
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