Charles de Freycinet
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Charles Louis de Saulces de Freycinet was a French statesman who served four times as Prime Minister during the Third Republic. He also served an important term as Minister of War. He belonged to the
Freycinet (c. 1880) by Nadar
Freycinet by Guth in Vanity Fair, April 1891
Henri Brisson
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Eugène Henri Brisson was a French statesman, who was twice Prime Minister of France, between 1885–1886 and in 1898.
Charles de Freycinet
…vote of credit was rejected in the Chamber by 417 votes to 75, and the ministry resigned. He returned to office in April 1885 as Foreign Minister in Henri Brisson's cabinet, and retained that post when, in January 1886, he succeeded to the premiership. He came to power with an ambitious programme of internal…
Henri Brisson, French Prime minister
Brisson early in his career.
Brisson by Guth, October 1898