1887 German federal election
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A federal election for the seventh Reichstag of the German Empire was held on 21 February 1887. It was an early election called after Chancellor Otto von Bismarck requested the dissolution of the Reic
R. v. Bennigsen
Ludwig Windthorst JS
Otto von Helldorff
Victor Herzog von Ratibor
The National Liberal Party was a liberal party of the North German Confederation and the German Empire which flourished between 1867 and 1918.
1887 German federal election
…to pass the bill, and his hopes proved well-founded. The parties that supported him – the German Conservative Party, the German Reich Party and the National Liberals – gained 53 seats, enough to give them a 55% majority in the new Reichstag. It quickly passed the military budget. The 1887 election was the second…
Leading politicians of the National Liberal Party from left to right: Wilhelm Wehrenpfennig, Eduard Lasker, Heinrich von Treitschke and Johannes von Miquel; bottom row from left to right: Franz von Roggenbach, Karl Braun, Rudolf Gneist and Ludwig Bamberger (woodcut c. 1878)