Events in the year 1902 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
President: Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales (to 14 November); Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves (from 15 November) Vice President: Francisco de Assis Rosa e Silva (to 14 November); Afonso Pena (from 15 November)
Governors
Alagoas: Euclides Vieira Malta
Amazonas: Silvério José Néri
Bahia: Severino Vieira
Ceará: Antônio Nogueira Accioli
Goiás: José Xavier de Almeida
Maranhão: until 1 March: João Gualberto Torreão da Costa from 1 March: Manuel Lopes da Cunha Mato Grosso: Antônio Pedro Alves de Barros Minas Gerais: until 21 February: Silviano Brandão 21 February - 7 September: Joaquim Cândido da Costa Sena from 7 September: Francisco Salles Pará: Augusto Montenegro Paraíba: José Peregrino de Araújo Paraná: Francisco Xavier da Silva Pernambuco: Antônio Gonçalves Ferreira Piauí: Arlindo Francisco Nogueira Rio Grande do Norte: Alberto Maranhão Rio Grande do Sul: Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros Santa Catarina: Felipe Schmidt (until 28 September); Lauro Müller São Paulo: Sergipe:
Vice governors
Rio Grande do Norte: São Paulo:
Events
1 March - Presidential election: Rodrigues Alves of the Republican Party of São Paulo receives 91.7% of the vote. Francisco Silviano de Almeida Brandão is elected vice-president but dies suddenly before the start of his term of office. 26 October - The first season of competitive football in Brazil concludes with a victory for São Paulo Athletic Club. 3 December - José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco, is appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs. His ten-year tenure would be the longest in the country's history.
Literature
Euclides da Cunha - Os Sertões
Births
22 April - Elsie Houston, singer (died 1943) 12 September - Juscelino Kubitschek, politician (died 1976) 31 October - Carlos Drummond de Andrade, poet (died 1987) 18 December - Moacyr Siqueira de Queiroz ("Russinho"), footballer (died 1992)
Deaths
15 March - Custódio José de Melo, monarchist admiral and politician, foreign minister 1892 12 May - Augusto Severo de Albuquerque Maranhão, politician and journalist 6 July - Leopoldo Miguez, composer (born 1850) 3 September - Eduardo Wandenkolk, naval officer and politician 25 September - Silviano Brandão, Vice-President elect 9 November - Manuel Vitorino Pereira, 2nd vice-president of Brazil 3 December - Prudente de Morais, politician, President of Brazil 1894-1898 (born 1841)