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
President Jules Grévy
Prime Minister Jules Ferry, who resigned in 1885 after a political scandal called the Tonkin Affair
Legislative elections were held in France on 20 February and 5 March 1876 to elect the members of the Chamber of Deputies, the lower chamber of the National Assembly. They were the first elections und
Moderate Republicans (France, 1871–1901)
…the Republic, dominated by the monarchist Moral Order coalition of Patrice MacMahon, but after the failure of a return to the monarchy and after the legislative elections of 1876 the moderate and radical republicans gained 193 and 98 seats in the Chamber, respectively. From this time, the republicans maintained strong majorities…
Jules Armand Dufaure
Léon Gambetta 1871
Napoléon Jérôme Bonaparte