Chamber of Deputies of the Old Republic

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The Chamber of Deputies of the Old Republic was the lower house of Brazil’s federal legislature during the Old Republic era (1889–1930), representing the country’s states in a period dominated by oligarchic politics.

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Chamber of Deputies of the Old Republic canonical 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf chamber of parliament ⓘ
lower house of legislature ⓘ
authorityDerivedFrom Constitution of 1891 ⓘ
subsequent constitutional amendments of the Old Republic ⓘ
characterizedBy dominance of rural elites ⓘ
limited political competition ⓘ
weak party institutionalization ⓘ
coequalWith Federal Senate of Brazil (Old Republic) ⓘ
compositionInfluencedBy coronelismo (local boss politics) ⓘ
country Brazil ⓘ
dissolvedFollowing 1930 Revolution in Brazil ⓘ
dominantRegionalElites Minas Gerais dairy oligarchy ⓘ
São Paulo coffee oligarchy ⓘ
electoralSystem indirectly influenced by state oligarchies ⓘ
restricted suffrage ⓘ
endTime 1930 ⓘ
followedBy Chamber of Deputies of Brazil (Vargas Era) ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch ⓘ
governmentTypeContext federal presidential republic ⓘ
hasRole budget approval ⓘ
federal lawmaking ⓘ
oversight of the executive branch ⓘ
representation of Brazilian states ⓘ
historicalPeriod Old Republic of Brazil (1889–1930) ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Portuguese ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor Old Republic of Brazil ⓘ
legislativeTerm Old Republic (Brazilian First Republic) ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Federal District (Rio de Janeiro) ⓘ
mainFunction approval of federal taxes and budget ⓘ
initiation and discussion of ordinary legislation ⓘ
political support base for presidents of the Old Republic ⓘ
meetsIn Rio de Janeiro ⓘ
numberOfChambersInParliament 2 ⓘ
partOf National Congress of Brazil ⓘ
politicalSystemContext café com leite politics ⓘ
oligarchic republic ⓘ
replaced Chamber of Deputies of the Empire of Brazil ⓘ
represents Brazilian states ⓘ
seatAllocationPrinciple representation by state population with oligarchic distortions ⓘ
significantEvent participation in approval of 1891 Constitution of Brazil ⓘ
startTime 1889 ⓘ
subordinateTo dominant state political machines ⓘ
typeOfJurisdiction federal ⓘ
votingRestrictions exclusion of most of the poor population ⓘ
exclusion of women ⓘ
literacy requirement ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) → predecessor → Chamber of Deputies of the Old Republic ⓘ
subject linked to: Chamber of Deputies