Maurice Rouvier was a French statesman of the "Opportunist" faction, who served as the Prime Minister of France. He is best known for his financial policies and his unpopular policies designed to avoid a rupture with Germany.
Maurice Rouvier
His grave in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Léon Gambetta was a French lawyer and republican politician who proclaimed the French Third Republic in 1870 and played a prominent role in its early government.
Gambetta photographed by Étienne Carjat
Carte de visite of Léon Gambetta by Lége, Paris.
Gambetta proclaiming the French Republic from the Hôtel de Ville, in a painting by Howard Pyle
Photo of Gambetta by Nadar, 1871