Background
BRAGA, Cincinato was born on July 7, 1864 in Piracicaba, State of Sao Paulo. Son of Domingos José da Silva Braga and Barbara Augusta de Mattos Braga.
lawyer public man and landowner
BRAGA, Cincinato was born on July 7, 1864 in Piracicaba, State of Sao Paulo. Son of Domingos José da Silva Braga and Barbara Augusta de Mattos Braga.
Activejy participated in the slavery abolitionist movement as a member of the Academic Abolitionist Federation. Attorney general of the district of Sao Carlos do Pinhal, 1886. Resigned in 1887 to devote himself to the practice of law.
Delegate to the constituent assembly of the State of Sao Paulo, 1891.
Federal deputy, 1893, 1897, 1901, 1904, 1909, 1915, 1919, and 1922. Member, successively, of the following permanent committees of the Chamber of Deputies: Diplomacy and Treaties, Constitution and Justice, and Finances.
Active supporter of Ruy Barbosa in his campaign for the presidency of Brazil. Brazilian delegate to the League of Nations, 1921, and to the International Conference of Labor of Switzerland.
President of the Bank of Brazil, 1923-1924.
Deputy to the National Constituent Assembly of Rio de Janeiro, 1933.
National Agricultural Society. Brazilian Geographical Society. Brazilian Historical and Geographical Institute.
Institute of the Order of Lawyers (Instituto da Ordem dos Advogados).
Historical Institute of Sao Paulo (charter member).
Married Rita Garcez Braga.