Chamber of Deputies of Portugal (1822–1910)

For other uses, see Chamber of Deputies.

The Chamber of Deputies of Portugal, alternatively translatable as the House of Commons and formally styled the Chamber of the Gentlemen Deputies of the Portuguese Nation (Portuguese: Câmara dos Deputados or Câmara dos Senhores Deputados da Nação Portuguesa) was the lower house of the Cortes Gerais, the legislature of the Kingdom of Portugal during most of the constitutional monarchy period. The Chamber of Deputies directly represented the Portuguese Nation, elected through direct suffrage of the electoral circuits corresponding to the districts of Portugal.^[1] During the First Republic, the Chamber of Deputies was remodeled after the US House of Representatives.

Chamber of the Gentlemen Deputies of the Portuguese Nation Câmara dos Senhores Deputados da Nação Portuguesa
Type
Type	Lower house of the Cortes Gerais
History
Founded	1822
Disbanded	1910
Leadership
First President of the Chamber	Fr. Francisco de São Luís Saraiva
Last President of the Chamber	José Capelo Franco Frazão, 1st Count of Penha Garcia
Seats	148
Meeting place
São Bento Palace Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal

History

The Chamber was created in 1826 with the Constitutional Charter.

References

1. Assembly of the Republic, A Monarquia Constitucional (1820-1910) (in Portuguese), Lisbon, archived from the original on 2016-11-01, retrieved 2016-11-01