Júlio Prates de Castilhos [SEP] date of birth
Júlio Prates de Castilhos
Júlio Prates de Castilhos (Cruz Alta, 29 June 1860 — Porto Alegre, 24 October 1903) was a Brazilian journalist and politician, having been elected "Patriarch of Rio Grande do Sul".
He was elected twice as the governor of Rio Grande do Sul and was the principal author of the State Constitution of 1891 and a model for many future politicians of the region. He disseminated positivist ideas in Brazil.
On July 15, 1891, Julio de Castilhos was elected president of the
, so that in only two years the state would have eighteen governors.
Context Panorama of Castilhos.
Júlio Prates de Castilhos was born and raised in a gaucho resort and studied Law in São Paulo, where he had contact with the positivist ideas of Auguste Comte. After graduating, he returned to his homeland and began to write in the newspaper "The Federation" (), attacking the monarchical government, slavery and his political opponent Gaspar da Silveira Martins. He was a constituent congressman in 1890-1891, and believed