sentences:  In February 1904 he was elected to office for the first time as the 7th president of São Paulo (which was essentially the same as governor).His administration would be marked by an improvement in the states armed forces by bringing a mission of the Gendarmerie from Paris to serve as a new model for the "Força Pública".And by his promoting of the "Convênio de Taubaté", an encounter of the governors of São Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Rio de Janeiro that resulted in an agreement that would help keep Brazilian coffee selling overseas at a lucrative price for Brazilian coffee barons until the Stock Market Crash of 1929.