| # | Name | Title | Took office | Left office | Party
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| 1 | Manuel Alves Branco | Visconde de Caravelas | August 22, 1847 | March 8, 1848 | Liberal Party
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| 2 | José Carlos Pereira de Almeida Torres | Visconde de Macaé | March 8, 1848 | March 31, 1848 | Liberal Party
|
| 3 | Francisco de Paula Sousa e Melo | — | March 31, 1848 | September 29, 1848 | Liberal Party
|
| 4 | Pedro de Araújo Lima | Visconde (later Marquês) de Olinda | September 29, 1848 | October 8, 1849 | Conservative Party
|
| 5 | José da Costa Carvalho | Marquês de Monte Alegre | October 8, 1849 | May 11, 1852 | Conservative Party
|
| 6 | Joaquim José Rodrigues Torres | Visconde de Itaboraí | May 11, 1852 | September 6, 1853 | Conservative Party
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| 7 | Honório Hermeto Carneiro Leão | Marquês de Paraná | September 6, 1853 | September 3, 1856 | Conservative Party
|
| 8 | Luís Alves de Lima e Silva | Marquês (later Duque) de Caxias | September 3, 1856 | May 4, 1857 | Conservative Party
|
| 9 | Pedro de Araújo Lima | Marquês de Olinda | May 4, 1857 | December 12, 1858 | Conservative Party
|
| 10 | Antônio Paulino Limpo de Abreu | Visconde de Abaeté | December 12, 1858 | August 10, 1859 | Conservative Party
|
| 11 | Ângelo Moniz da Silva Ferraz | Barão de Uruguaiana | August 10, 1859 | March 2, 1861 | Conservative Party
|
| 12 | Luís Alves de Lima e Silva | Marquês (later Duque) de Caxias | March 2, 1861 | May 24, 1862 | Conservative Party
|
| 13 | Zacarias de Góis e Vasconcelos | — | May 24, 1862 | May 30, 1862 | Progressive League
|
| 14 | Pedro de Araújo Lima | Marquês de Olinda | May 30, 1862 | January 15, 1864 | Progressive League
|
| 15 | Zacarias de Góis e Vasconcelos | — | January 15, 1864 | August 31, 1864 | Progressive League
|
| 16 | Francisco José Furtado | — | August 31, 1864 | May 12, 1865 | Liberal Party
|
| 17 | Pedro de Araújo Lima | Marquês de Olinda | May 12, 1865 | August 3, 1866 | Liberal Party
|
| 18 | Zacarias de Góis e Vasconcelos | — | August 3, 1866 | July 16, 1868 | Liberal Party
|
| 19 | Joaquim José Rodrigues Torres | Visconde de Itaboraí | July 16, 1868 | September 20, 1870 | Conservative Party
|
| 20 | José Antônio Pimenta Bueno | Visconde (later Marquês) de São Vicente | September 29, 1870 | March 7, 1871 | Conservative Party
|
| 21 | José Maria da Silva Paranhos | Visconde do Rio Branco | March 7, 1871 | June 25, 1875 | Conservative Party
|
| 22 | Luís Alves de Lima e Silva | Duque de Caxias | June 25, 1875 | January 5, 1878 | Conservative Party
|
| 23 | João Lins Vieira Cansanção de Sinimbu | Visconde de Sinimbu | January 5, 1878 | March 28, 1880 | Liberal Party
|
| 24 | José Antônio Saraiva | — | March 28, 1880 | January 21, 1882 | Liberal Party
|
| 25 | Martinho Álvares da Silva Campos | — | January 21, 1882 | July 3, 1882 | Liberal Party
|
| 26 | João Lustosa da Cunha Paranaguá | Visconde (later Marquês) de Paranaguá | July 3, 1882 | May 24, 1883 | Liberal Party
|
| 27 | Lafayette Rodrigues Pereira | — | May 24, 1883 | June 6, 1884 | Liberal Party
|
| 28 | Manuel Pinto de Sousa Dantas | — | June 6, 1884 | May 6, 1885 | Liberal Party
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| 29 | José Antônio Saraiva | — | May 6, 1885 | August 20, 1885 | Liberal Party
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| 30 | João Maurício Wanderley | Barão de Cotejipe | August 20, 1885 | March 10, 1888 | Conservative Party
|
| 31 | João Alfredo Correia de Oliveira | — | March 10, 1888 | June 7, 1889 | Conservative Party
|
| 32 | Afonso Celso de Assis Figueiredo | Visconde de Ouro Preto | June 7, 1889 | November 15, 1889 | Liberal Party
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