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Presidency Of Washington Luís
Washington Luís' tenure as the 13th president of Brazil on 15 November 1926, after he won the 1926 presidential election, and ended on 24 October 1930, when he was deposed by the military during the Revolution of 1930. Following the troubled presidency of Artur Bernardes, Washington Luís still had to deal with the '' tenentist'' movement, with the end of the Prestes Column, which had lasted since 1925, being a significant development. His presidency was marked by the creation of the first Infant Code in the country, the creation of the current Federal Highway Police, the construction of the first highway that connected Rio de Janeiro to São Paulo, and also the first paved highway in Brazil, as highway transport played a fundamental role in his government, and the creation of a fund for highway construction. As he had done as mayor of São Paulo and later president (governor) of the homonymous state, Washington Luís published old documents from the Brazil's National Archiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1926 Brazilian Presidential Election
Presidential elections were held in Brazil on 1 March 1926.Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p173 The result was a victory for Washington Luís of the Paulista Republican Party, who received 98% of the vote.Nohlen, p231 Results References {{Brazilian elections Presidential elections in Brazil Brazil President Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ... Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Elections of the First Brazilian Republic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Brazilian Republic
The First Brazilian Republic, also referred to as the Old Republic (, ), officially the Republic of the United States of Brazil, was the Brazilian state in the period from 1889 to 1930. The Old Republic began with the coup d'état that deposed emperor Pedro II in 1889, and ended with the Revolution of 1930 that installed Getúlio Vargas as a new president. During the First Republic, the country's presidency was dominated by the most powerful states of São Paulo and Minas Gerais. Because of the power of these two states, based on the production of coffee and dairy, respectively, the Old Republic's political system has been described as " milk coffee politics". At local level, the country was dominated by a form of machine politics known as '' coronelism'', in which the political and economic spheres were centered around local bosses, who controlled elections. They would often conduct mass electoral fraud. The country was also marked by a series of rebellions and revolutions a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
