Odilon Barrot
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Camille Hyacinthe Odilon Barrot was a French politician who was briefly head of the council of ministers under the presidency of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte.
Odilon Barrot
"The famous Odilon Barrot promoted to the dignity of imperial Mamamouchi" by Honoré Daumier
Odilon Barrot, French Prime minister
Louis-Eugène Cavaignac
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Louis-Eugène Cavaignac was a French general and politician who served as head of the executive power of France from June to December 1848, during the French Second Republic.
Odilon Barrot
…February, only to find that the time was past for half-measures. After the Revolution of 1848, Barrot acquiesced to the republic and gave his support to General Cavaignac. In the December 1848 election for President of the republic, Napoleon won with 5,434,266 votes to 1,448,107 for Cavaignac. Napoleon took his oath on…
Portrait by Pierre Petit, c. 1850s
Portrait by François-Gabriel Lépaulle, 1848
Cavaignac and his military staff reviewing the troops on 3 September 1848
Cavaignac by Ary Scheffer