1884 German federal election
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A federal election for the sixth Reichstag of the German Empire was held on 28 October 1884. It was a regularly scheduled election under the Reichstag's three-year terms of office.
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German Conservative Party
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The German Conservative Party was a right-wing political party of the German Empire founded in 1876. It largely represented the wealthy landowning German nobility and the Prussian Junker class.
1884 German federal election
…by Germany's emerging colonial policy, which had the cautious support of Chancellor Otto von Bismarck and was endorsed by the conservative parties (German Conservative Party and German Reich Party) and the National Liberal Party. In September 1884, Bismarck described ‘"the whole colonial business" to his vice-chancellor…
Members of the German Conservative Party's Reichstag Caucus (left to right): Rudolph Wichmann, Otto von Seydewitz, Helmuth von Moltke, Count Konrad von Kleist-Schmenzin, Otto von Helldorff-Bedra and Karl Gustav Ackermann