Émile Loubet
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Émile François Loubet was the 45th Prime Minister of France from February to December 1892 and later President of France from 1899 to 1906.
Photograph by Paul Nadar, 1900
Émile Loubet, c. 1880s
Painting of Loubet
Loubet caricatured by Guth for Vanity Fair, 1899
Félix Faure
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Félix François Faure was President of France from 1895 until his death in 1899. A native of Paris, he worked as a tanner in his younger years. Faure became a member of the Chamber of Deputies for Sein
Émile Loubet
…and a skilled orator led to his election as president of the senate in 1896. In February 1899, he was chosen president of the republic in succession to Félix Faure by 483 votes as against 279 recorded by Jules Méline, his only serious competitor. He was marked out for fierce opposition and bitter insult, as the…
Photograph by Nadar, c. 1895-99
Félix Faure's grave at Père Lachaise Cemetery
Faure's death, as illustrated by Le Petit Journal.