1871 German federal election
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A federal election for the first Reichstag of the German Empire was held on 3 March 1871, 45 days after the founding of the Empire. The voting took place under the provisions of the short-lived Consti
Rudolf von Bennigsen
Hermann von Mallinckrodt
Victor Herzog von Ratibor
Hohenlohe schillingsfürst 1867
Free Conservative Party
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The Free Conservative Party was a liberal-conservative political party in Prussia and the German Empire which ran as the German Reich Party in the federal elections to the Reichstag beginning in 1871.
1871 German federal election
…although the NLP was more consistent in its backing of the Chancellor. The two main conservative parties were the German Conservative Party and the German Reich Party. They backed Bismarck and found their primary support among the nobility and large landowners in the eastern states. The Catholic Centre Party was…
Wilhelm von Kardorff, one of the founders of the Free Conservative Party