Pinheiro Machado (politician)


José Gomes Pinheiro Machado was a Brazilian republican politician. He fought for the establishment of the Republic in Brazil and for its consolidation.
He fought on the republican side in the Federalist Revolution, commanding the North Division and winning a victory over the monarchist forces at the battle of Passo Fundo in 1894.
He was a senator for the state of Rio Grande do Sul from 1890 until his assassination in 1915.