1902 in Brazil
# 1902 in Brazil

Events in the year 1902 in Brazil.

## Incumbents

### Federal government

* President: Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales (to 14 November); Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves (from 15 November)
* Vice President: Francisco de Assis Rosa e Silva (to 14 November); Afonso Pena (from 15 November)

### Governors

* Alagoas: Euclides Vieira Malta
* Amazonas: Silvério José Néri
* Bahia: Severino Vieira
* Ceará: Antônio Nogueira Accioli
* Goiás: José Xavier de Almeida
* Maranhão:
   * until 1 March: João Gualberto Torreão da Costa
   * from 1 March: Manuel Lopes da Cunha
* Mato Grosso: Antônio Pedro Alves de Barros
* Minas Gerais:
   * until 21 February: Silviano Brandão
   * 21 February - 7 September: Joaquim Cândido da Costa Sena
   * from 7 September: Francisco Salles
* Pará: Augusto Montenegro
* Paraíba: José Peregrino de Araújo
* Paraná: Francisco Xavier da Silva
* Pernambuco: Antônio Gonçalves Ferreira
* Piauí: Arlindo Francisco Nogueira
* Rio Grande do Norte: Alberto Maranhão
* Rio Grande do Sul: Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros
* Santa Catarina: Felipe Schmidt (until 28 September); Lauro Müller
* São Paulo:
* Sergipe:

### Vice governors

* Rio Grande do Norte:
* São Paulo:

## Events

* 1 March - Presidential election: Rodrigues Alves of the Republican Party of São Paulo receives 91.7% of the vote. Francisco Silviano de Almeida Brandão is elected vice-president but dies suddenly before the start of his term of office.
* 26 October - The first season of competitive football in Brazil concludes with a victory for São Paulo Athletic Club.
* 3 December - José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco, is appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs. His ten-year tenure would be the longest in the country's history.

## Literature

* Euclides da Cunha - Os Sertões

## Births

* 22 April - Elsie Houston, singer (died 1943)
* 12 September - Juscelino Kubitschek, politician (died 1976)
* 31 October - Carlos Drummond de Andrade, poet (died 1987)
* 18 December - Moacyr Siqueira de Queiroz ("Russinho"), footballer (died 1992)

## Deaths

* 15 March - Custódio José de Melo, monarchist admiral and politician, foreign minister 1892
* 12 May - Augusto Severo de Albuquerque Maranhão, politician and journalist
* 6 July - Leopoldo Miguez, composer (born 1850)
* 3 September - Eduardo Wandenkolk, naval officer and politician
* 25 September - Silviano Brandão, Vice-President elect
* 9 November - Manuel Vitorino Pereira, 2nd vice-president of Brazil
* 3 December - Prudente de Morais, politician, President of Brazil 1894-1898 (born 1841)
