At the division of the province of Pará in 1850, its western districts became the
new Brazilian Province of Amazonas. (1)
(1) There had already existed, from 1751 to 1822, when it was fully integrated
into Pará, a capitancia of Sao José do Rio Negro which had largely covered
the same territory as the future province.
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CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Presidents of the Province of Amazonas
Presidentes da Província do Amazonas
1851 - 1852 João Baptista Figueiredo Tenreiro Aranha
1852 - 1853 Manoel Gomes Corrêa de Miranda*
1853 - 1855 Herculano Ferreira Pena
1855 Manoel Gomes Corrêa de Miranda* (2x)
1855 - 1857 João Pedro Dias Vieira (* 1855 - 1856)
1857 Manoel Gomes Corrêa de Miranda* (3x)
1857 Angelo Tomaz do Amaral
1857 Joaquim Gonçalves de Azevedo*
1857 Angelo Tomaz do Amaral (2x)
1857 - 1859 Francisco José Furtado
1859 - 1860 Manoel Gomes Corrêa de Miranda* (4x)
1860 - 1863 Manoel Clementino Carneiro da Cunha
1863 Manoel Gomes Corrêa de Miranda* (5x)
1863 - 1864 Sinval Odorico de Moura
1864 - 1865 Adolfo de Barros Cavalcanti de
Albuquerque de Lacerda
1865 LtCol. Innocencio Eustaquio Ferreira
de Araujo*
1865 Manuel Gomes Corrêa de Miranda* (6x)
1865 - 1866 Antônio Epaminondas de Melo
1866 Gustavo Adolfo Ramos Ferreira*
1866 - 1867 Antônio Epaminondas de Melo (2x)
1867 LtCol. Sebastiaõ José Basillo Pyrro*
1867 João Ignacio Rodrigues do Carmo*
1867 LtCol. José Bernardo Michiles*
1867 - 1868 José Coelho da Gama de Abreu
1868 Jacinto Pereira do Rego
1868 Col. Leonardo Ferreira Marques*
1868 - 1870 LtCol. João Wilkens de Mattos
1870 Maj. Clementino José Pereira Guimarães*
1870 - 1872 Col. José de Miranda da Silva Reis
1872 - 1875 Domingos Monteiro Peixoto
1875 Capt. Nuno Alves Pereira de Mello Cardoso*
1875 - 1876 Antônio dos Passos Miranda
1876 Maj. Gabriel Antônio Ribeiro Guimarães*
1876 Capt. Nuno Alves Pereira de Mello Cardoso* (2x)
1876 - 1877 Domingos Jacy Monteiro
1877 - 1878 Agesiláo Pereira da Silva
1878 Maj. Gabriel Antônio Ribeiro Guimarães* (2x)
1878 Capt. Guillerme José Moreira*
1878 - 1879 Col. Rufino Enéas Gustavo Galvão, barão
de Maracajú 1831 - 1916
1879 Romualdo de Souza Paes de Andrade*
1879 - 1880 LtCol. José Clarindo de Queiroz
1880 - 1881 Satyro de Oliveira Dias
1881 Alarico José Furtado
1881 Romualdo de Souza Paes de Andrade* (2x)
1881 - 1882 Benjamin Aristides Ferreira Bandeira
1882 Romualdo de Souza Paes de Andrade* (3x)
1882 - 1884 José Lustosa da Cunha Paranaguá
1884 LtCol. Guilherme José Moreira* (2x)
1884 Theodoreto Carlos de Faria Souto
1884 Capt. Joaquim José Paes da Silva Sarmento*
1884 - 1885 José Jansen Ferreira Júnior
1885 LtCol. Clementino José Pereira Guimarães*
1885 - 1887 Ernesto Adolpho de Vasconcellos Chaves
1887 LtCol. Clementino José Pereira Guimarães* (2x)
1887 - 1888 Col. Conrado Jacob de Niemeyer
1888 Col. Francisco Antônio Pimenta Bueno
1888 LtCol. Antônio Lopes Braga*
1888 Raymundo Amancio de Miranda*
1888 Joaquim Cardoso de Andrade
1888 - 1889 Raymundo Amancio de Miranda* (2x)
1889 Joaquim de Oliveira Machado
1889 Manoel Francisco Machado
BRAZILIAN STATE OF AMAZONAS
In 1889 Amazonas became an original Estado (State) of the Brazilian Republic.
It was selfgoverning except for the years 1930-1935 and 1937-1946 when the central
government imposed direct rule.
In 1943 southern parts were detached to form the new federal territory of Guaporé,
while at the same time some northern parts became the federal territory of Rio Branco
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CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Governing Junta
Junta Governativa
1889 - 1890 -LtCol. Florêncio Pereira do Lago
-Capt. Manoel Lopes da Cruz
-Domingos Theophilo de Carvalho Leal
Presidents
Presidentes
1890 Lt. Augusto Ximenes de Vileroy
1890 - 1891 Lt. Eduardo Gonçalves Ribeiro
1891 Guilherme José Moreira
1891 Col. Antônio Gomes Pimentel
1891 Guilherme José Moreira* (2x)
1891 - 1892 LtCol. Gregório Thaumaturgo Azevedo
1892 Capt. José Inácio Borges Machado
1892 - 1896 Lt. Eduardo Gonçalves Ribeiro (2x)
1896 - 1898 Lt. Fileto Pires Ferreira
1898 - 1900 Col. José Cardoso Ramalho Júnior*
1900 - 1904 Silvério José Néry
1904 - 1908 Col. Antônio Constantino Néry
1908 - 1913 Col. Antônio Clemente Ribeiro Bittencourt
1913 - 1917 Jônathas de Freitas Pedrosa
1917 - 1921 Pedro d'Alcantara Bacellar
1921 - 1924 César Resende do Régo Monteiro
1924 Gen. Raymundo Rodrigues Barbosa
1924 - 1926 Alfredo Sá
1926 - 1930 Ephigênio Ferreira de Salles
1930 Dorval Pires Pôrto
Governing Junta
Junta Governativa
1930 -Col. José Cardoso Ramalho Júnior
-José Alves de Sousa Brasil
-Francisco Pereira da Silva
Federal Interventors
Interventores Federais
1930 LtCol. Floriano da Silva Machado
1930 - 1933 Álvaro Botelho Maia
1933 - 1935 Capt. Nélson de Mello
1935 Álvaro Botelho Maia (2x)
Governor
Governador
1935 - 1937 Álvaro Botelho Maia s.a.
Federal Interventor
Interventor Federal
1937 - 1945 Álvaro Botelho Maia (3x)
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