José Alves de Cerqueira César

Brazilian politician
Cerqueira César
Portrait by Almeida Júnior, 1895
President of São Paulo
In office
16 December 1891 – 23 August 1892
Preceded byAmérico Brasiliense
Succeeded byBernardino de Campos
Personal details
Born(1835-05-23)23 May 1835
Guarulhos, São Paulo, Empire of Brazil
Died26 July 1911(1911-07-26) (aged 76)
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Resting placeConsolação Cemetery

José Alves de Cerqueira César (23 May 1835 – 26 July 1911) was a Brazilian politician who served as president (governor) of the State of São Paulo from December 1891 to August 1892.

Cerqueira César was born in Guarulhos. He graduated in 1860 from the Law School of São Paulo and was public defender in the city of Itapetininga. He was secretary and president of the Republican Party of São Paulo and assumed the position of Treasury Inspector for the State of São Paulo in 1889.

He was elected First Vice-President of the State of São Paulo for the mandate 1891–1892. The city of Cerqueira César in the state is named after him.

He died in São Paulo, aged 76.

External links

  • Message to the Legislative Congress of 1892 (in Portuguese)
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Governors of São Paulo (1889–present)
  1. Prudente de Morais
  2. Jorge Tibiriçá
  3. Américo Brasiliense
  4. Cerqueira César
  5. Bernardino de Campos
  6. Campos Sales
  7. Peixoto Gomide
  8. Fernando Prestes
  9. Rodrigues Alves
  10. Domingos de Morais
  11. Bernardino de Campos
  12. Jorge Tibiriçá
  13. Albuquerque Lins
  14. Rodrigues Alves
  15. Altino Arantes
  16. Washington Luís
  17. Carlos de Campos
  18. Júlio Prestes
  19. Heitor Penteado
  20. Lins de Barros (federal intervenor)
  21. Laudo Camargo
  22. Manuel Rabelo
  23. Pedro de Toledo
  24. Castilho de Lima
  25. Armando Sales
  26. Melo Neto
  27. Adhemar de Barros
  28. Sousa Costa
  29. Macedo Soares
  30. Adhemar de Barros
  31. Lucas Garcez
  32. Jânio Quadros
  33. Carvalho Pinto
  34. Laudo Natel
  35. Abreu Sodré
  36. Laudo Natel
  37. Paulo Egídio Martins
  38. Paulo Maluf
  39. José Maria Marin
  40. Franco Montoro
  41. Orestes Quércia
  42. Luiz Antônio Fleury Filho
  43. Mário Covas
  44. Geraldo Alckmin
  45. Cláudio Lembo
  46. José Serra
  47. Alberto Goldman
  48. Geraldo Alckmin
  49. Márcio França
  50. João Doria
  51. Rodrigo Garcia
  52. Tarcísio de Freitas
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