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    François Judith Paul Grévy (15 August 1807 – 9 September 1891), known as Jules Grévy (French pronunciation: [ʒyl ɡʁevi]), was a French lawyer and politician...
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    and the mountain zebra. Named after Jules Grévy, it is found in parts of Kenya and Ethiopia. Superficially, Grévy's zebras' physical features can help...
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    French Republic. The leaders of the group included Adolphe Thiers, Jules Ferry, Jules Grévy, Henri Wallon and René Waldeck-Rousseau. Although considered leftist...
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    directed the opposition to General Boulanger. After the resignation of Jules Grévy (2 December 1887), he was a candidate for the presidency of the republic...
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    December 1886. When the Daniel Wilson scandals occasioned the downfall of Jules Grévy in December 1887, Carnot's reputation for integrity made him a candidate...
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    Gambetta declined to become a candidate for the presidency, but supported Jules Grévy; nor did he attempt to form a ministry, but accepted the office of president...
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    the French Presidency. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2022. "Jules Grévy (1807–1891)". Official website of the French Presidency. 15 November...
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    Immanuel Kant, Napoleon, Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, George Washington, Jules Grévy, Charles Dickens, George Armstrong Custer, Theodore Roosevelt, Lewis...
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    expression of France's gratitude. Little progress was made until 1886, when Jules Grévy was re-elected as president of France and Édouard Lockroy was appointed...
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    He discovered his passion for political activity as a secretary of Jules Grévy. He was then appointed prefect but he was removed later on because of...
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    royalist majority by dissolving the Chambre des Députés, his successor Jules Grévy promised in 1879 that he would not use his presidential power of dissolution...
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    reluctance to the formation of governments under prime ministers Jules Dufaure and Jules Simon, which were dominated by Republicans. In order to contain...
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    seven-year term; resigned 3 years, 4 months and 20 days into second term 4 Jules Grévy 3228 4 30 January 1879 – 2 December 1887 One full seven-year term; resigned...
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  • was a great success for the followers of Léon Gambetta, whom President Jules Grévy appointed premier two months after the election. His government only...
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     106–13. Brogan (1940) pp. 127–43. "François Paul Jules Grévy is Born". Masonry Today. 2017. "Jules Grevy". World Presidents DB. 2017. Pope Leo XIII (February...
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    resigned on 30 January 1879 to be succeeded by the moderate Republican Jules Grévy. He promised that he would not use his presidential power of dissolution...
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    also lost control of the Senate. MacMahon resigned, and the Republican Jules Grévy was elected president by the National Assembly. Along with the 1997 election...
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    kicked at visitors. In 1882, Ethiopia sent a zebra to French president Jules Grévy, and the species it belonged to was named in his honour. Attempts to...
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    Dufaure III Dufaure IV Simon de Broglie III de Rochebouët Dufaure V Jules Grévy Waddington de Freycinet I Ferry I Gambetta de Freycinet II Duclerc Fallières...
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    President of the Third French Republic, Jules Grévy, on the recommendation of his Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jules Barthélemy-Saint-Hilaire, and with the...
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    substantial group of republicans, including Victor Hugo. At the first session, Jules Grévy, a republican sympathetic to Thiers, was elected president of the assembly...
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    he had been received in a cold way by the president of the Republic Jules Grévy. Protests and riots continued in front of the Spanish embassy where the...
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    Prime Minister Léon Gambetta and presidents Maurice de MacMahon and Jules Grévy. The Pardos de Tavera made a living by receiving the income made by their...
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    contributed largely to the resignation of Jules Grévy from the presidency of France in 1887. He had declined Grévy's request to form a cabinet upon the downfall...
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    sa vie et ses discours (Paris, 1883). Jules Dufaure – President of the Council and Minister of Justice Jules Favre – Minister of Foreign Affairs Adolphe...
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    Magnin – Minister of Finance Jules Cazot – Minister of Justice Jean Bernard Jauréguiberry – Minister of Marine and Colonies Jules Ferry – Minister of Public...
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    second term of President Jules Grévy, which started in 1885, newspaper journalists brought to light the trafficking of Grévy's son-in-law, Daniel Wilson...
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    he became under-secretary of state in the department of the interior in Jules Ferry's ministry (May 1880 to November 1881). From 7 August 1882 to 20 February...
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    Candidate Party Round 1 Percentage   Patrice de Mac-Mahon Legitimists 390 99.74%   Jules Grévy Republican 1 0.16%...
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  • following his defeat in the presidential election to the incumbent, Jules Grévy. Brisson was replaced by Charles de Freycinet. Gildea, R., Children of...
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