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  Floriano Peixoto Biography | Encyclopedia of World Biography
Floriano Peixoto (1839-1895) was the second president of Brazil.
Floriano Peixoto was born into a planter-class family of small landholdings in Maceió;, Alagoas, on April 30, 1839.
Peixoto soon aligned with the Congress, with whom Deodoro was constantly fighting, and his home became a meeting place for enemies of the President.
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 PEIXOTO, Floriano Vieira de Araújo @ Archontology.org: presidents, kings, prime ministers, biography, database
Floriano Vieira de Araújo Peixoto, who was the son of a small landowner, graduated from a military school in 1863.
Peixoto was appointed war minister (19 Apr 1890 - 22 Jan 1891) in the Provisional Government presided by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca and elected senator for the State of Alagoas (1890).
Peixoto recalled the Congress dissolved by his predecessor and obtained approval to continue acting as head of state until the end of the constitutionally mandated term.
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 AllRefer.com - Floriano Peixoto (Brazilian History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Floriano Peixoto[flOrEA´nO pAshO´tO] Pronunciation Key, 1842–95, Brazilian marshal and statesman, president of Brazil (1891–94).
He took part in the establishment of the republic and was chosen vice president under Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca.
When the president resigned in the face of a revolution, Peixoto succeeded to the presidency (Nov., 1891).
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 About Brazil - The Republican Era
Peixoto's diplomat in Washington, Salvador de Mendonça, with the help of New York businessman Charles Flint, was able to assemble a squadron of ships with American crews, which proved decisive in ending the standoff in Guanabara Bay.
Deodoro da Fonseca's dissolution of Congress, his resignation, Peixoto's assumption of power, and the outbreak of civil war split the officer corps and led to the arrest and expulsion of several senior officers.
Peixoto's fierce defense of the republic made him the darling of the Jacobins and from then on a symbol of Brazilian nationalism.
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 Clube Militar - Proclamação da Republica (Floriano Vieira Peixoto)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Durante sua presidência, o Marechal Floriano Peixoto, chamado "o Marechal de Ferro" pelos que apoiavam seu autoritarismo, teve que enfrentar muitas revoltas.
Pelos seus feitos durante a guerra, Floriano recebeu a Medalha Geral de Campanha (1870) e outras condecorações.
Floriano Peixoto elegeu-se vice-presidente da República, com grande maioria de votos, contra o candidato oficial, o vice-almirante Eduardo Wandenkolk.
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 Floriano Peixoto Ribeiro   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Floriano Peixoto was born on 23-Apr-1908 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
Floriano Peixoto's father was Tito Ribeiro Coelho and his mother is Elcira Cornetet de Sá.
Floriano Peixoto and Alda Cordeiro were married in a religious ceremony on 17-Jun-1933 in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
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 Peixoto, Floriano - HighBeam Encyclopedia
Peixoto, Floriano, 1842-95, Brazilian marshal and statesman, president of Brazil (1891-94).
He ruled dictatorially amid widespread dissension, putting down a naval revolt in 1893 and maintaining himself in power until the election of 1894, when he was defeated.
In spite of his unpopularity, the "Iron Marshal" by his firmness consolidated the new republican government.
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 Mal. Floriano Peixoto   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Logo que assumiu a presidência da República, Floriano Peixoto demonstrou a força militar de seu governo sufocando uma revolta chefiada pelo sargento Silvino de Macedo na fortaleza de Santa Cruz.
Floriano, todavia, alegou que o primeiro mandato era sui generis, uma vez que eles nem mesmo haviam sido eleitos popularmente.
Dividia-se politicamente o Rio Grande do Sul entre os castilhistas (ou "pica-paus"), partidários de Júlio de Castilhos, Presidente do Estado (a quem Floriano fornecia apoio), e os federalistas (ou "gasparistas" ou "maragatos"), chefiados por Silveira Martins, o qual era acusado de monarquista.
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 Study - Learn Portuguese Language in Brazil - Portuguese School - Course - Accommodation
To end the Federalist Revolution that attempted to depose him from the presidency, Floriano Peixoto ordered the execution of those revolutionaries considered enemies of the Republic.
The victory against the federalists increased the prestige of the Santa Catarina republicans before the “Iron Marshal,” as Floriano Peixoto was known.
After one and a half centuries, during the Federalist Revolution of 1894, political opponents of Floriano Peixoto were commonly arrested or executed here.
www.step1.com.br /portuguese/Florianopolis.htm   (3335 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Florianópolis
The city was founded as Destěrro in 1673 by colonists from São Paulo and became the capital of the captaincy of Santa Catarina in 1739.
It was renamed (1893) for Floriano Peixoto, a president of Brazil.
Its commercial importance began to decrease in the late 19th cent.
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 Deodoro da Fonseca - Wikipédia
Floriano, além de candidatar-se a vice-presidente, na chapa de Prudente de Morais, apresentou também candidatura própria à Presidência.
Apurada a votação, em 25 de fevereiro de 1891, foi obtido o seguinte resultado na eleição para presidente: Deodoro da Fonseca - eleito com 129 votos; Prudente de Morais - 97 votos; Floriano Peixoto - 3 votos; Joaquim Saldanha Marinho - 2 votos; José Higino Duarte Pereira - 1 voto; cédulas em branco - 2.
Para vice-presidente foi eleito o candidato da oposição, Marechal Floriano Peixoto, com 153 votos, contra 57 recebidos pelo Almirante Wandenkolk.
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 Floriano Peixoto - Wikipedia
Floriano Vieira Peixoto, militar (mariscal) e político brasileiro, nado no barrio de Vila de Ipioca (hoxe barrio Floriano Peixoto) en Alagoas en 30 de abril de 1839.
De familia pobre, foi creado polo tío, coronel José Vieira de Araújo Peixoto.
Floriano ocupou postos inferiores na hierarquía militar ata a Guerra do Paraguai, cando atinxiu o posto de tenente-coronel.
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 Floriano Peixoto - Wikiquote
Marechal Floriano Vieira Peixoto foi um militar e político brasileiro (Vila de Ipioca, hoje Distrito de Floriano Peixoto, Maceió, Alagoas, 30 de abril de 1839 - Barra Mansa, 29 de junho de 1895).
Primeiro Vice-Presidente e segundo Presidente do Brasil, governou de 23 de Novembro de 1891 a 15 de Novembro de 1894.
A Wikipédia possui um artigo de ou sobre: Floriano Peixoto.
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 Floriano Peixoto (I)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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 ::: UnP - Universidade Potiguar :::
Apresentação Floriano Peixoto Salgado Filho Nascimento de Castro Roberto Freire Mossoró
Escola Municipal IV Centenário (em convênio com a Prefeitura Municipal do Natal)
ENDEREÇO: Rua Serido, 419 -Petrópolis - Unidade Floriano Peixoto
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