In 1807 the most southern frontier region of the capitania of Rio de Janeiro became
the separate capitania of São Pedro no Rio Grande do Sul of Portuguese Brazil.
It became a province of the Empire of Brazil in 1822.
Rio Grande do Sul was briefly independent from 1836 to 1845.
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CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Presidents of the Province of Rio Grande do Sul
Presidentes da Província do Rio Grande do Sul
1846 - 1848 Manoel Antonio Galvão (2x)
1848 João Capistrano de Miranda e Castro*
1848 - 1850 LtGen. Francisco José de Souza
Soares de Andrea (2x) 1781 - 1858
1850 José António Pimenta Bueno 1803 - 1878
1850 - 1851 Pedro Ferreira de Oliveira
1851 Marsh. LuiZ Alves de Lima e Silva,
Conde de Caxias 1803 - 1880
1851 Maj. Patrício José Corrêa da Câmara*
1851 - 1852 Luiz Alves Leite de Oliveira Belo*
1852 - 1855 João Lins Vieira Cansansão de Sinimbu 1810 - 1906
1855 Luiz Alves Leite de Oliveira Belo* (2x)
1855 - 1856 Manoel Vieira Tosta, Barão de Muritiba 1807 - 1896
1856 - 1857 Brig. Jeronimo Francisco Coelho 1806 - 1860
1857 Maj. Patricio Correa de Camara* (2x)
1857 - 1859 Ângelo Muniz da Silva Ferraz 1812 - 1867
1859 Maj. Patricio Correa de Camara* (3x)
1859 - 1861 Joaquim Antão Fernandes Leão 1809 - 1887
1861 Maj. Patricio Correa de Camara* (4x)
1862 Francisco de Assis Pereira Rocha
1862 - 1863 Maj. Patricio Correa de Camara* (5x)
1863 - 1864 Espiridião Eloy de Barros Pimentel 1823 - 1906
1864 Maj. Patricio Correa de Camara* (6x)
1864 - 1865 João Marcellino de Sousa Gonzaga
1865 - 1866 Brig. Francisco do Rêgo Barros,
Visconde de Boa Vista 1802 - 1870
1866 - 1867 Antônio Augusto Pereira da Cunha*
1867 - 1868 Francisco Inácio Marcondes Homem de Melo 1837 - 1918
1868 Joaquim Vieira da Cunha*
1868 Marsh. Guilherme Xavier de Souza 1818 - 1870
1868 Israel Rodrigues de Barcellos*
1868 - 1869 Antônio da Costa Pinto e Silva
1869 Israel Rodrigues de Barcellos* (2x)
1869 - 1870 João Sertório
1870 João Capistrano de Miranda e Castro*
1870 - 1871 Francisco Xavier Pinto de Lima 1832 - 1901
1871 João Simões Lopes 1... - 1893
1871 João Dias de Castro* (2x)
1871 - 1872 Jerônimo Martiniano Figueira de Melo 1809 - 1878
1872 José Fernandes da Costa Pereira Júnior 1833 - 1889
1872 - 1875 João Pedro Carvalho de Morais
1875 - 1876 José Antônio de Azevedo Castro
1876 - 1877 Tristão de Alencar Araripe 1821 - 1908
1877 João Dias de Castro* (3x)
1877 - 1878 Francisco Faria Lemos 1828 - 1904
1878 João Chaves Campelo*
1878 - 1879 Américo de Moura Marcondes de Andrade
1879 Felisberto Pereira da Silva
1879 - 1880 Carlos Thompson Flores
1880 Antônio Corrêa de Oliveira*
1880 - 1881 Henrique Francisco d’Ávila 1833 - 1900
1881 Joaquim Pedro Soares*
1881 - 1882 Francisco de Carvalho Soares Brandão 1839 - 1899
1882 Joaquim Pedro Soares* (2x)
1882 José Leandro de Godói e Vasconcelos
1882 Leopoldo Antunes Maciel* 1849 - 1904
1882 - 1883 José Antônio de Souza Lima 18.. - 1900
1883 Menandro Rodrigues Fontes*
1883 - 1885 José Júlio de Albuquerque Barros 1841 - 1893
1885 Miguel Rodrigues Barcelos* 1824 - 1896
1885 - 1886 Henrique Pereira de Lucena 1835 - 1913
1886 Marsh. Manoel Deodoro da Fonseca* 1827 - 1892
1886 Miguel Calmon Du Pin e Almeida
1886 - 1887 Fausto de Freitas e Castro*
1887 Bento Luiz de Oliveira Lisboa 1836 - 1905
1887 Rodrigo de Azambuja Vilanova*
1887 - 1888 Joaquim Jacinto de Mendonça* 1828 - 1891
1888 Rodrigo de Azambuja Vilanova (2x)
1888 Joaquim da Silva Tavares, Barão de
Santa Tecla* 1830 - 1900
1888 - 1889 Joaquim Galdino Pimentel
1889 Antônio Ferreira Prestes Guimarães*
1889 João de Freitas Leitão*
1889 Gaspar Silveira Martins 1834 - 1901
1889 Justo de Azambuja Rangel*
BRAZILIAN STATE OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL
In 1889 Rio Grande do Sul became an original state of the Brazilian Republic.
It was selfgoverning, except for the periods 1930 - 1935 and 1937 - 1946 when the
central government imposed direct rule.
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CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Presidents
Presidentes
1889 - 1890 Marsh. José Antônio Correia Câmara,
(Visconde de Pelotas) 1824 - 1893
1890 DivGen. Júlio Anacleto Falcão da Frota 1836 - 1909
1890 Francisco da Silva Tavares* 1844 - 1901
1890 DivGen. Carlos Machado de Bittencourt 1840 - 1897
1890 - 1891 DivGen. Cândido José da Costa 1845 - 1909
1891 Fernando Abbott*
1891 Júlio Prates de Castilhos 1860 - 1903
Provisional Governing Junta
Junta Governativa Provisória
1891 -Joaquim Francisco de Assis Brasil 1857 - 1938
-João de Barro Cassal
-BrigGen. Domingos Alves Barreto Leite
-BrigGen. Manoel Luiz da Rocha Osório 1844 - 1893
Presidents
Presidentes
1891 BrigGen. Domingos Alves Barreto Leite s.a.
1891 - 1892 João de Barros Cassal s.a.
1892 BrigGen. Domingos Alves Barreto Leite (2x)
1892 Marsh. José Antônio Correia Câmara,
(Visconde de Pelotas)(2x)
1892 Vitorino Ribeiro Carneiro Monteiro* (1) 1859 - 1920
1892 - 1893 Fernando Abbott* (2x)
1893 - 1898 Júlio Prates de Castilhos (3x)
1898 - 1908 Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros 1863 - 1961
1908 - 1913 Carlos Barbosa Gonçalves 1849 - 1934
1913 - 1928 Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros (2x)
1928 - 1930 Getúlio Dornelles Vargas 1883 - 1954
1930 Oswaldo Euclydes de Souza Aranha* 1894 - 1960
1930 Sinval Saldanha*
Federal Interventor
Interventor Federal
1930 - 1935 Gen. José Antônio Flores da Cunha 1880 - 1959
Governor
Governador
1935 - 1937 Gen. José Antônio Flores da Cunha s.a.
Federal Interventors
Interventor Federais
1937 - 1938 DivGen. Manoel de Cerqueira Daltro Filho 1882 - 1938
1938 Joaquim Maurício Cardoso* 1888 - 1938
1938 - 1943 Gen. Oswaldo Cordeiro de Farias 1901 - 1981
1943 - 1945 Col.Ernesto Dornelles 1899 - 1964
(1) 17 Jun 1892 : Vitorino Ribeiro Carneiro Monteiro became acting president in
succession to Marsh. José Antônio Correia Câmara pending the
installation of a new president.
The same day, Júlio Prates de Castilhos, candidate of the
Partido Republicano, proclaimed himself president (2x) at
Porto Alegre. His rule lasted only one day.
Also the same day his electoral opponent Gen. João Nunes da
Silva Tavares "Jaco Tavares" (Barão de Itaqui, l. 1816 - 1906)
of the Partido Federalista proclaimed himself acting president
at Bagé, where he remained in power until Jul 04 1892.
When Prates de Castilhos again became president in 1893 (3x), Jaco Tavares
revolted, hereby initiating a civil war which would soon afterwards evolve
into a general revolt against the Brazilian central government, the so-
called Revolta Federalista, which lasted until 1895.
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