1912 German federal election
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Federal elections were held in Germany on 12 January 1912. Although the Social Democratic Party had received the most votes in every election since 1890, it had never won the most seats, and in the 19
Bebel Haase Composite
Georg von Hertling
Portrait of Ernst Bassermann
Ernst von Heydebrand und der Lasa by E. Bieber
The Progressive People's Party was a social liberal party in the German Empire. It was formed on 6 March 1910 from the merger of the Free-minded People's Party, the Free-minded Union and the German Pe
1912 German federal election
…the Reichstag. Parties hostile or ambivalent to the ruling elites of the German Empire – the Social Democrats, the Centre Party, and the left-liberal Progressives – together won a majority of the seats. This allowed a successful censure vote against the government of Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg over the Saverne…
Friedrich Naumann, a Protestant pastor who was a key voice in the FVP
Otto Fischbeck, the first chairman of the FVP
Friedrich von Payer, vice chancellor of Germany from November 1917 to November 1918
Ludwig Quidde, a pacifist member of the FVP who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1927