📅 9 February 1950
The new bicameral legislature opened after years of postponement of the Senate promised in the 1906 constitutional order. The Shah appointed half of Senate members; the Majlis included a small but...
📅 30 June 1871
On 30 June 1871, a Senate commission issued a report on the government’s proposal concerning the “servile element.” Committee work translated abolitionist pressure and imperial political calculation...
📅 11 May 1888
On 11 May 1888, the proposal approved by the Chamber reached the Senate, where a special committee was formed to report on it. The expedited review brought the question to its final legislative stage....
📅 13 May 1888
On 13 May 1888, the Senate approved the abolition bill and Princess Regent Isabel sanctioned Law no. 3,353, the Lei Áurea. Its two brief articles ended slavery in law across Brazil. The law did not...
