Martinho Álvares da Silva Campos

Martinho Álvares da Silva Campos (22 November 1816 - 29 March 1887) was a Brazilian physician, senator and adviser of the Empire of Brazil.

[1] Son of Martinho Álvares da Silva and Isabel Jacinta de Oliveira Campos He graduated in medicine on December 20, 1838, from the School of Medicine of Rio de Janeiro.

He married three times, his last wife being Felisberta Balbina Ribeiro de Avelar, with whom he had his only child, Martinho Alvares da Silva Campos Filho.

He served in the Chamber of Deputies as deputy, from 1857 to 1881, for Vassouras, Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais and was president of the Chamber from January 18, 1882 to February 17, 1882.

Between January 21 and July 3, 1882 he held the position of President of the Council of Ministers, being at the same time Minister of Finance.