Jules Grévy
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François Judith Paul Grévy, known as Jules Grévy, was a French lawyer and politician who served as President of France from 1879 to 1887. He was a leader of the Moderate Republicans, and given that hi
Grévy c. 1880
Grévy as a deputy in the National Assembly, 1848
Grévy by Léon Bonnat, 1880
Portrait of Grévy as a billiards player from the 12 July 1879 issue of Vanity Fair, by Théobald Chartran
The Moderates or Moderate Republicans, pejoratively labeled Opportunist Republicans, was a French political group active in the late 19th century during the Third French Republic. The leaders of the g
Jules Grévy
…1891), known as Jules Grévy (French: ), was a French lawyer and politician who served as President of France from 1879 to 1887. He was a leader of the Moderate Republicans, and given that his predecessors were monarchists who tried without success to restore the French monarchy, Grévy is considered the first real republican…
Prime Minister Jules Ferry, who resigned in 1885 after a political scandal called the Tonkin Affair