Education
Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de São Paulo.
Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de São Paulo.
Governor of São Paulo state in 1926, he was elected president of Brazil on March 1, 1930, but never took office because the government was overthrown in the Revolution of 1930 that brought Getúlio Vargas to power, three weeks before Prestes" scheduled inauguration on November 15, 1930.