Despite the fact that Bahia took the second largest number of chairs in the Brazilian congress, the relevance of its role is constantly reduced when compared with its Imperial past or with Paulistas' exceptionalism (capitalist landowners, industrial bourgeoisie). Bahia was nonetheless a state that, despite its Monarchism, influenced the new Republican régime. In 1908, at the National Exposition in Rio de Janeiro, Bahian elites managed to perform very well in this sense.
National Exposition of 1908; Brazil; First Republic; Bahia