Portrait of Campos Salles

Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales was born in Campinas, São Paulo, on February 13, 1841, and died in Santos, São Paulo, on June 28, 1913. Son of Francisco de Paula Sales and Ana Cândida Ferraz, he joined in 1859 , at the Faculty of Law of São Paulo and graduated in 1863, when he returned to Campinas. He was elected, in 1867, Provincial Deputy for São Paulo, for the Liberal Party and, in 1872, Councilor for Campinas. Nine years later, already affiliated to the Republican Party, he returns to the Provincial Chamber of São Paulo. In 1884, he was elected Deputy to the General Assembly. With the proclamation of the Republic, Campos Sales assumed the Ministry of Justice of the Provisional Government. He was elected, in 1896, Governor of the State of São Paulo and, between 1898 and 1902, President of the Republic, alongside Vice-President Francisco de Assis Rosa e Silva. His government was characterized by the realization of a great financial reorganization, commanded by the then Minister of Finance Joaquim Murtinho. In 1909, Campos Sales was elected Senator for São Paulo (1909/1912) and, in 1912, he was Brazil's Plenipotentiary Minister in Argentina. Married to Ana Gabriela de Campos Sales.