List of Presidents of the Province of São Pedro do Rio Grande do Sul

The list of the President of the Province of São Pedro do Rio Grande do Sul recorded all holders of since independence of Brazil by the Imperial Act of 20 October 1823 by Emperor I. Peter prescribed top government post as president of the province of São Pedro do Rio Grande do Sul , from which the later state of Rio Grande do Sul emerged. Initially they were appointed, and from 1835 they were elected from the legislative provincial assembly.

President of the Province

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President of the Province

Vice President of the Province, serving

No.	Surname	image	Beginning	The End	Political party
First Imperial Era , Peter I (1822–1831)
01	João Carlos de Saldanha Oliveira e Daun		February 22, 1822	August 29, 1822	-
02	João de Deus Mena Barreto Visconde de São Gabriel	-	August 29, 1822	September 7, 1822	-
03	João de Deus Mena Barreto	-	September 7, 1822	November 29, 1823	-
04th	José Inácio da Silva	-	November 29, 1823	March 8, 1824	-
05	José Feliciano Fernandes Pinheiro Visconde de São Leopoldo		March 8, 1824	January 14, 1826
06th	José Egídio Gordilho de Barbuda Visconde de Camamu	-	January 14, 1826	November 4, 1826
07th	Salvador José Maciel	-	November 4, 1826	August 2, 1829
08th	Antônio Vieira da Soledade	-	August 2, 1829	November 17, 1829
09	Caetano Maria Lopes Gama Visconde de Maranguape		November 17, 1829	April 22, 1830
10	Américo Cabral de Melo	-	April 22, 1830	August 22, 1830
11	Caetano Maria Lopes Gama Visconde de Maranguape		August 22, 1830	December 20, 1830
12	Américo Cabral de Melo	-	December 20, 1830	January 8, 1831
13	José Carlos Pereira de Almeida Torres Visconde de Macaé		January 8, 1831	March 29, 1831
Rainy season (1831-1840)
14th	Américo Cabral de Melo	-	March 29, 1831	July 11, 1831
15th	Manuel Antônio Galvão	-	July 11, 1831	October 24, 1833
16	José Mariani	-	October 24, 1833	May 2, 1834
17th	Antônio Rodrigues Fernandes Braga		May 2, 1834	September 21, 1835
18th	Marciano José Pereira Ribeiro	-	September 21, 1835	February 16, 1836
19th	Américo Cabral de Melo	-	February 16, 1836	March 28, 1836
20th	Marciano José Pereira Ribeiro	-	March 28, 1836	June 15, 1836
21st	José de Araújo Ribeiro Visconde do Rio Grande	-	June 15, 1836	4th July 1836
22nd	Antônio Elzeário de Miranda e Brito	-	4th July 1836	July 24, 1836
23	José de Araújo Ribeiro Visconde do Rio Grande	-	July 24, 1836	January 5, 1837
24	Antero José Ferreira de Brito Barão de Tramandaí	-	January 5, 1837	April 1, 1837
25th	Américo Cabral de Melo	-	April 1, 1837	May 16, 1837
26th	Francisco das Chagas Santos	-	May 16, 1837	June 6, 1837
27	Feliciano Nunes Pires	-	June 6, 1837	October 3, 1837
28	Antônio Elzeário de Miranda e Brito	-	November 3, 1837	June 12, 1839
29	João Dias de Castro	-	June 12, 1839	June 24, 1839
Second Imperial Era , Peter II (1840–1889)
30th	Saturnino de Sousa e Oliveira Coutinho		June 24, 1839	July 27, 1840	Partido Liberal
31	Francisco José de Sousa Soares de Andréa Barão de Caçapava	-	July 27, 1840	November 30, 1840
32	Francisco Alves Machado	-	November 30, 1840	April 17, 1841
33	Saturnino de Sousa e Oliveira Coutinho		April 17, 1841	November 9, 1842	Partido Liberal
34	Luís Alves de Lima e Silva Conde de Caxias		November 9, 1842	March 11, 1846	Partido Conservador
35	Patrício José Correia da Câmara	-	March 11, 1846	December 11, 1846
36	Manuel Antônio Galvão	-	December 11, 1846	March 2, 1848
37	João Capistrano de Miranda e Castro	-	March 2, 1848	April 10, 1848	Partido Conservador
38	Francisco José de Sousa Soares de Andréa Barão de Caçapava	-	April 10, 1848	March 6, 1850
39	José Antônio Pimenta Bueno Marquês de São Vicente		March 6, 1850	November 4, 1850	Partido Conservador
40	Pedro Ferreira de Oliveira	-	November 4, 1850	June 30, 1851
41	Luís Alves de Lima e Silva Conde de Caxias		June 30, 1851	September 4, 1851	Partido Conservador
42	Patrício José Correia da Câmara	-	September 4, 1851	October 15, 1851
43	Luís Alves Leite de Oliveira Belo	-	October 15, 1851	December 2, 1852
44	João Lins Vieira Cansanção de Sinimbu Visconde de Sinimbu		December 2, 1852	July 1, 1855	Partido Liberal
45	Luís Alves Leite de Oliveira Belo	-	July 1, 1855	September 17, 1855
46	Manuel Vieira Tosta Barão de Muritiba		September 17, 1855	April 28, 1856
47	Jerônimo Francisco Coelho		April 28, 1856	March 8, 1857
48	Patrício José Correia da Câmara	-	March 8, 1857	October 16, 1857
49	Ângelo Muniz da Silva Ferraz Barão de Uruguaiana		October 16, 1857	April 22, 1859	Partido Conservador
50	Patrício José Correia da Câmara	-	April 22, 1859	May 4, 1859
51	Joaquim Antão Fernandes Leão	-	May 4, 1859	October 17, 1861
52	Patrício José Correia da Câmara	-	October 17, 1861	January 16, 1862
53	Francisco de Assis Pereira Rocha	-	January 16, 1862	December 18, 1862
54	Patrício José Correia da Câmara	-	December 18, 1862	January 1, 1863
55	Esperidião Elói de Barros Pimentel	-	January 1, 1863	March 29, 1864
56	Patrício José Correia da Câmara	-	March 29, 1864	May 2, 1864
57	João Marcelino de Sousa Gonzaga	-	May 2, 1864	July 20, 1865
58	Francisco do Rego Barros Conde de Boa Vista		July 20, 1865	April 14, 1866
59	Antônio Augusto Pereira da Cunha	-	April 16, 1866	January 21, 1867
60	Francisco Inácio Marcondes Homem de Melo Barão de Homem de Melo		January 22, 1867	April 13, 1868	Partido Liberal
61	Joaquim Vieira da Cunha	-	April 13, 1868	July 14, 1868	Partido Liberal
62	Guilherme Xavier de Sousa	-	July 14, 1868	August 1, 1868
63	Israel Rodrigues Barcelos	-	August 1, 1868	September 16, 1868	Partido Conservador
64	Antonio da Costa Pinto e Silva	-	September 16, 1868	May 20, 1869
65	Israel Rodrigues Barcelos	-	May 20, 1869	June 14, 1869	Partido Conservador
66	João Sertório Barão de Sertório	-	June 14, 1869	August 29, 1870
67	João Capistrano de Miranda e Castro	-	August 29, 1870	November 4, 1870	Partido Conservador
68	Francisco Xavier Pinto de Lima Barao de Pinto de Lima		November 4, 1870	May 24, 1871
69	João Simões Lopes Visconde da Graça	-	May 24, 1871	September 12, 1871	Partido Conservador
70	João Dias de Castro	-	September 12, 1871	October 20, 1871
71	Jerônimo Martiniano Figueira de Melo	-	October 20, 1871	July 11, 1872
72	José Fernandes da Costa Pereira Júnior	-	July 11, 1872	December 1, 1872
73	João Pedro Carvalho de Morais	-	December 1, 1872	March 11, 1875
74	José Antonio de Azevedo Castro	-	March 11, 1875	April 5, 1876
75	Tristão de Alencar Araripe		April 5, 1876	February 5, 1877
76	João Dias de Castro	-	February 5, 1877	May 21, 1877
77	Francisco de Faria Lemos	-	May 21, 1877	February 10, 1878
78	João Chaves Campelo	-	February 10, 1878	March 12, 1878
79	Américo de Moura Marcondes de Andrade	-	March 12, 1878	January 26, 1879
80	Felisberto Pereira da Silva	-	January 26, 1879	July 19, 1879
81	Carlos Thompson Flores	-	January 19, 1879	April 15, 1880
82	Antônio Correia de Oliveira	-	April 15, 1880	April 19, 1880
83	Henrique Francisco d'Ávila	-	April 19, 1880	March 4, 1881
84	Joaquim Pedro Soares	-	March 4, 1881	May 19, 1881
85	Francisco de Carvalho Soares Brandão		May 19, 1881	January 14, 1882	Partido Liberal
86	Joaquim Pedro Soares	-	January 14, 1882	March 27, 1882
87	José Leandro de Godói e Vasconcelos	-	March 27, 1882	September 9, 1882	Partido Liberal
88	Leopoldo Antunes Maciel Barão de São Luís	-	September 9, 1882	October 28, 1882	Partido Liberal
89	José Antônio de Sousa Lima Barão de Sousa Lima	-	October 28, 1882	June 1, 1883
90	Menandro Rodrigues Fontes	-	June 1, 1883	July 16, 1883
91	José Júlio de Albuquerque Barros Barão de Sobral		July 16, 1883	September 19, 1885	Partido Liberal
92	Miguel Rodrigues Barcelos Barão de Itapitocaí		September 19, 1885	October 28, 1885	Partido Conservador
93	Henrique Pereira de Lucena Barão de Lucena		October 28, 1885	May 8, 1886
94	Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca		May 8, 1886	November 9, 1886	independent
95	Miguel Calmon du Pin e Almeida	-	November 9, 1886	December 31, 1886
96	Fausto de Freitas e Castro	-	December 31, 1886	January 25, 1887
97	Bento Luís de Oliveira Lisboa	-	January 25, 1887	April 25, 1887
98	Rodrigo de Azambuja Vilanova	-	April 25, 1887	October 27, 1887
99	Joaquim Jacinto de Mendonça	-	October 27, 1887	January 27, 1888
100	Rodrigo de Azambuja Vilanova	-	January 27, 1888	August 9, 1888
101	Joaquim da Silva Tavares Barão de Santa Tecla		August 9, 1888	December 8, 1888	Partido Conservador
102	Joaquim Galdino Pimentel	-	December 8, 1888	June 25, 1889
103	Antônio Ferreira Prestes Guimarães		June 25, 1889	July 8, 1889	Partido Liberal
-	João de Freitas Leitão	-	July 8, 1889	July 24, 1889
104	Gaspar Silveira Martins		July 24, 1889	November 6, 1889	Partido Liberal
105	Justo de Azambuja Rangel	-	November 6, 1889	November 15, 1889