The second man to hold this post hastily built a navy called the "cardboard squadron," including a frigate fitted with a Zalinski "dynamite gun," after a group of mutineers seized all of his ships, like the ironclad Aquidaba.
The second man to hold this post hastily built a navy called the "cardboard squadron," including a frigate fitted with a Zalinski "dynamite gun," after a group of mutineers seized all of his ships, like the ironclad Aquidaba. That holder of this post became known as the "Iron Marshal" after he put down the Federalist Revolt, led by a group called the Maragatos, during which he captured the town of Desterra and renamed it in his honor as Florianopolis. The first man to hold this office faced an economic disaster named for a horse-racing term meaning "mount the saddle," the Encilhamento. A much later holder of this post, Washington LuÃ­s, was deposed, bringing an end to the "coffee-with-milk" period. This post, first held by Deodoro da Fonseca, ceased to exist on the rise of a dictator who killed himself at Catete Palace in 1954. For10 points, name this highest political office which alternated between men from Minas Geraisand men from Sao Paulo during its country's First Republic.
The second man to hold this post hastily built a navy called the "cardboard squadron," including a frigate fitted with a Zalinski "dynamite gun," after a group of mutineers seized all of his ships, like the ironclad Aquidaba.
President of  Brazil [prompt on "leader" or "ruler" of Brazil, do NOT accept emperor or king or monarch, accept  President of the First Brazilian Republic]