Manuel Vitorino

He was a writer and a physician before entering politics. His political career was ruined when he was implicated in the attempted assassination of Prudente de Morais. After he resigned from politics, he became a journalist and frequently wrote criticism of president Campos Sales, who succeeded Prudente de Morais.

• Name — Manuel Vitorino • Office — 2nd Vice President of Brazil • Term Start — 15 November 1894 • Term End — 15 November 1898 • President — Prudente de Morais • Predecessor — Floriano Peixoto • Successor — Rosa e Silva • Office1 — Acting President of Brazil • Term Start1 — 10 November 1896 • Term End1 — 3 March 1897 • Vice President1 — Himself • Predecessor1 — Prudente de Morais • Successor1 — Prudente de Morais • Office2 — Senator for Bahia • Term Start2 — 25 August 1892 • Term End2 — 14 November 1894 • Predecessor2 — José Antônio Saraiva • Successor2 — Severino Vieira • Office3 — Governor of Bahia • Term Start3 — 23 November 1889 • Term End3 — 25 April 1890 • Predecessor3 — Virgílio Damásio • Successor3 — Hermes Ernesto da Fonseca • Born — 30 January 1853 • Died — 9 November 1902 • Party — Liberal (1876–1889) PRF (1889–1902) • Children — 8 • Father — Vitorino José Pereira • Mother — Carolina Maria Franco • Alma Mater — Faculty of Medicine of Bahia