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
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and for its consolidation.
He fought on the republican side in the
Federalist Revolution
The Federalist Revolution (Portuguese language, Portuguese: ''Revolução Federalista'') was a civil war that took place in southern Brazil between 1893 and 1895, fought by the federalists, opponents of Rio Grande do Sul state president, Júlio ...
(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
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for the state of
Rio Grande do Sul
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from 1890 until his
assassination
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Assassinations are orde ...
in 1915.
Senador Pinheiro Machado
Ancestry
See also
*History of Brazil (1889–1930)
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 ...
*Senate of Brazil
The Federal Senate () is the upper house of the National Congress of Brazil. When created under the Imperial Constitution in 1824, it was based on the House of Lords of the British Parliament, but since the Proclamation of the Republic in ...
References
External links
* List of Brazilian senators of the República Velha - (1889-1930)
1851 births
1915 deaths
Assassinated Brazilian military personnel
Assassinated Brazilian politicians
People murdered in Rio de Janeiro
Members of the Federal Senate (Brazil)
People from Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul
Conservative Republican Party (Brazil) politicians
Politicians assassinated in the 1910s
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