A Republican person since he was a student, he supported the Proclamation of the Portuguese Republic as the Evolutionist Party member.
He was elected and on January 2, 1944, became the president of the Municipality of Fogo Island.
He took part in writing continental newspapers including RepĂşblica and Popular e Gazeta das ColĂłnias.
He had taken part in a collaboration under his authority in the review Contemporânea [Contemporary] (1915–26).He also published Vôos d'Ícaro (Icarus' Voice) in Coimbra in 1901 alongs ide João R.