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.
Henri Brisson, French Prime minister
Brisson early in his career.
Brisson by Guth, October 1898
Jules Ferry
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Jules François Camille Ferry was a French statesman and republican philosopher. He was one of the leaders of the Moderate Republicans and served as Prime Minister of France from 1880 to 1881 and 1883
Henri Brisson
…anti-clerical. He was president of the chamber from 1881 — replacing Léon Gambetta — to March 1885, when he became prime minister upon the resignation of Jules Ferry; but he resigned when, after the general elections of that year, he only just obtained a majority for the vote of credit for the Tonkin expedition. He…
Jules Ferry The Evolution of France under the Third Republic
André Gill's cartoon on Ferry, where he eats a gingerbread priest (1878)
Portrait of Ferry by Léon Bonnat