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Prudente de Morais

1841 - 1902

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Prudente José de Morais Barros (4 October 1841 – 3 December 1902), often referred to as Prudente de Morais, was a Brazilian lawyer and politician who served as the third president of Brazil from 1894 to 1898. Morais was elected in 1894, being the first civilian president of the country, the first to be elected by direct popular ballot under the permanent provisions of Brazil's 1891 Constitution, and the first to serve his term in its entirety. Before his presidency he served as president (governor) of the state of São Paulo and president of the Senate from 1891 to 1894. He was also president of the Constituent Congress that drafted and enacted Brazil's 1891 Constitution. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Prudente de Morais is the 8,663rd most popular politician (up from 8,938th in 2019), the 191st most popular biography from Brazil (up from 208th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Brazilian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Prudente de Morais ranks 8,663 out of 19,576. Before him are Svatopluk, Duke of Bohemia, Mehmed Fuad Pasha, Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria, Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria, Henry XVI, Duke of Bavaria, and Ion I. C. Brătianu. After him are Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg, Shantanu, Ignaz Seipel, Fritz Fischer, Galeazzo I Visconti, and Lubomír Štrougal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1841, Prudente de Morais ranks 38. Before him are Theodor von Oppolzer, Julius von Payer, Carl Tausig, Annie Chapman, Eugenius Warming, and Otto von Gierke. After him are Joseph Henry Blackburne, François-Alphonse Forel, Felip Pedrell, Mykhailo Drahomanov, Józef Brandt, and Oreste Baratieri. Among people deceased in 1902, Prudente de Morais ranks 27. Before him are Charles Dow, Masaoka Shiki, Jacint Verdaguer, Julia Grant, Jan Gotlib Bloch, and Albert Bierstadt. After him are Friedrich Alfred Krupp, Imre Steindl, Sergei Ivanovich Mosin, Marie Alfred Cornu, Cato Maximilian Guldberg, and Jules Dalou.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Prudente de Morais ranks 191 out of 2,236. Before him are Rubens de Falco (1931), Roberto Burle Marx (1909), Lucélia Santos (1957), Maria Bethânia (1946), Felipe Massa (1981), and Hércules Brito Ruas (1939). After him are Altair Gomes de Figueiredo (1938), Willian (1988), Raí (1965), Rita Lee (1947), Mazinho (1966), and Hélio Gracie (1913).

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Among POLITICIANS In Brazil

Among politicians born in Brazil, Prudente de Morais ranks 32. Before him are Jânio Quadros (1917), Princess Leopoldina of Brazil (1847), Eurico Gaspar Dutra (1883), Washington Luís (1869), Venceslau Brás (1868), and Afonso Pena (1847). After him are Geraldo Alckmin (1952), Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves (1848), Café Filho (1899), Charles, Duke of Guise (1571), Infante Sebastian of Portugal and Spain (1811), and Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias (1803).

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