Vicente Pires da Mota (1799–1882)

Brazilian law lecturer, secular priest, and administrator. Professor of civil law, Faculdade de Direito de São Paulo, 1834; director of law faculty, 1865–82. Member of the council of (provincial) government, 1828–34; member of the district (provincial) assembly, 1834–41. President of the province of São Paulo, 1848–51 and 1862–4; of Ceará, 1854–5; of Minas Gerais, 1860–1; of Santa Catarina, 1861–2.