The Portuguese capitania of Rio de Janeiro (in Brazil) was established in 1565.
It became a province of independent Brazil in 1822. Until 1834 the capital city of
Rio de Janeiro was part of the province.
__________________________________________________________________________________
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Presidents of the Province of Rio de Janeiro
Presidentes da Província de Rio de Janeiro
1845 - 1848 Aureliano de Souza de Oliveira Coutinho (2x) 1800 - 1855
1848 Manuel de Jesus Valdetaro 1807 - 1897
1848 Felisberto Caldeira Brant Pontes,
Visconde de Barbacena 1802 - 1906
1848 – 1849 Luis Pedreira do Couto Ferraz 1818 - 1886
1849 - 1850 João Pereira Darrigue Faro* 1803 - 1856
1850 - 1851 Luis Pedreira do Couto Ferraz (2x)
1851 João Pereira Darrigue Faro* (2x)
1851 - 1852 Luis Pedreira do Couto Ferraz (3x)
1852 João Pereira Darrigue Faro* (3x)
1852 - 1853 Luis Pedreira do Couto Ferraz (4x)
1853 João Pereira Darrigue Faro* (3x)
1853 - 1854 Luis Antonio Barbosa 1810 - 1860
1854 João Pereira Darrigue Faro,
Visconde de Rio Bonito* (4x)
1854 - 1855 Luis Antonio Barbosa (2x)
1855 José Ricardo de Sá Rego*
1855 Brás Carneiro Nogueira da Costa e
Gama, Visconde de Baependy* 1812 - 1887
1855 - 1856 Luis Antonio Barbosa (3x)
1856 Antonio Nicoláu Tolentino* 1810 - 1888
1856 - 1857 Luis Antonio Barbosa (4x)
1857 - 1858 João Manuel Pereira da Silva* 1817 - 1897
1858 Thomaz Gomes dos Santos* 1803 - 1874
1858 Antonio Nicoláu Tolentino (2x)
1858 José Maria da Silva Paranhos 1819 - 1880
1858 - 1859 João de Almeida Pereira Filho 1826 - 1883
1859 - 1861 Inácio Francisco Silveira da Motta 1815 - 1895
1861 José Ricardo de Sá Rego* (2x)
1861 - 1862 Luis Alves Leite de Oliveira Belo 1848 - 1915
1862 José Norberto dos Santos*
1862 - 1863 Luis Alves Leite de Oliveira Belo (2x)
1863 - 1864 Policarpo Lopes de Leão 1814 - 1882
1864 José Tavares Bastos* 1813 - 1893
1864 João Crispiniano Soares 1809 - 1876
1864 - 1865 José Tavares Bastos* (2x)
1865 Bernardo de Souza Franco 1805 - 1875
1865 José Tavares Bastos* (3x)
1865 Bernardo de Souza Franco (2x)
1865 José Tavares Bastos* (4x)
1865 - 1866 Domiciano Leite Ribeiro 1821 - 1881
1866 José Tavares Bastos* (5x)
1866 - 1867 Espiridião Elói de Barros Pimentel 1823 - 1906
1867 Eduardo Pindahiba de Mattos* 1831 - 1885
1867 - 1868 Espiridião Elói de Barros Pimentel (2x)
1868 Eduardo Pindahiba de Mattos* (2x)
1868 Américo Brasiliense de Almeida e Melo 1833 - 1896
1868 Eduardo Pindahiba de Mattos* (3x)
1868 Américo Brasiliense de Almeida e Melo (2x)
1868 Eduardo Pindahiba de Mattos* (4x)
1868 – 1869 Benevenuto Augusto de Magalhães Taques 1818 - 1881
1869 - 1870 Diogo Teixeira de Macedo (*1869 -18..) 1... - 1882
1870 Manoel José de Freitas Travassos* 1812 - 1885
1870 José Maria Correia de Sá e Benevides 1833 - 1901
1870 - 1871 Teodoro Machado Freire Pereira da Silva 1832 - 1910
1871 Manoel José de Freitas Travassos* 1812 - 1885
1871 - 1872 Josino do Nascimento Silva 1811 - 1886
1872 - 1873 Bento Luiz de Oliveira Lisboa 1836 - 1905
1873 - 1874 Manoel José de Freitas Travassos (2x) s.a.
1874 - 1875 Francisco Xavier Pinto Lima 1832 - 1901
1875 - 187. Bernardo Augusto Nascentes de Azambuja* 1... - 1876
187. - 1877 Francisco Xavier Pinto Lima (2x)
1877 Francisco Antônio de Souza*
1877 - 1878 Francisco Xavier Pinto Lima (3x)
1878 Camillo Maria Ferreira Armond, Visconde
de Prados 1815 - 1882
1878 - 1879 Luiz Pinto de Miranda Montenegro*
1879 - 1880 Américo de Moura Marcondes de Andrade
1880 Paulo José Pereira de Almeida Torres*
1880 - 1881 João Marcelino de Sousa Gonzaga
1881 Martinho Álvares da Silva Campos 1816 - 1887
1881 - 1882 Paulo José Pereira de Almeida Torres* (2x)
1882 - 1883 Bernardino Avelino Gavião Peixoto 1827 - 1912
1883 Domingos Teodoro de Azevedo Júnior*
1883 - 1884 José Leandro de Godói e Vasconcelos
1884 - 1885 José Cesário de Faria Alvim 1839 - 1903
1885 - 1886 Antônio da Costa Pinto e Silva
1886 Manuel Jacinto Nogueira da Gama* 1837 - 1895
1886 - 1888 Antônio da Rocha Fernandes Leão
1888 Manuel Jacinto Nogueira da Gama* (2x)
1888 - 1889 José Bento de Araújo 1846 - 1918
1889 Carlos Afonso de Assis Figueiredo 1845 - 1907
BRAZILIAN STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO
In 1889 Rio de Janeiro became an original state) of the Brazilian Republic.
It was selfgoverning except for the years 1923, 1930 - 1935 and 1937 - 1946 when
the central government imposed direct rule.
In 1893 - 1895 the province was involved in the Revolta Federalista
__________________________________________________________________________________
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Presidents
Presidentes
1889 Capt. Francisco Vítor da Fonseca e
Silva* 1848 - 1906
1889 - 1891 Francisco Portella 1833 - 1913
1891 Adm. José Marques Guimarães* 1838 - 1903
1891 - 1892 Adm. Carlos Baltazar da Silveira 1843 - 1913
1892 - 1894 José Tomaz da Porciúncula 1854 - 1901
1894 - 1897 Joaquim Maurício de Abreu 1852 - 1913
1897 - 1900 Alberto de Seixas Martins Torres 1865 - 1917
1900 - 1903 Gen. Quintino Antônio Ferreira de
Sousa Bocaúva 1836 - 1912
1903 - 1906 Nilo Peçanha 1857 - 1926
1906 Francisco Chaves de Oliveira Botelho* 1868 - 1943
1906 - 1910 Alfredo Augusto Guimarães Backer 1851 - 1937
1910 - 1914 Francisco Chaves de Oliveira Botelho (2x)
1914 - 1917 Nilo Peçanha (2x)
1917 Col. Francisco Xavier da Silva Guimarães* 18.. - 1917
1917 - 1918 Agnelo Geraque Collet* 1862 - 1929
1918 - 1922 Raul de Moraes Veiga 1878 - 1947
1922 - 1923 Raul Fernandes 1877 - 1967
Federal Interventor
Interventor Federal
1923 Aurelino de Araújo Leal (1) 1877 - 1924
Presidents
Presidentes
1923 - 1927 Feliciano Pires de Abreu Sodré (2x) 1881 -
1927 - 1930 Manoel de Mattos Duarte Silva 1877 - 1944
Federal Interventors
Interventores Federais
1930 Demócrito Barbosa 1880 - 1931
1930 - 1931 Plínio de Castro Casado 1870 - 1964
1931 Gen. João de Deus Menna Barreto 1874 - 1933
1931 Gen. Pantaleão da Silva Pessôa 1885 - 1980
1931 - 1935 Adm. Ari Parreiras 1890 - 1945
1935 Gen. Newton de Andrade Cavalcânti* 1885 - 1965
Governors
Governadores
1935 - 1937 Adm. Protógenes Pereira Guimarães 1876 - 1938
1937 Heitor Barcelos Collet* 1898 - 1974
Federal Interventor
Interventor Federal
1937 - 1945 Capt. Ernâni do Amaral Peixoto* 1905 - 1989
(1) Appointed to end the political unrest in the state following the election
of two governors : Raul Fernandes (for the government party, sitting
governor) and Feliciano Pires de Abreu Sodré (for the opposition party,
confirmed as governor for the period 1923 - 1927).
HOMEINDEX
