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Floquet, c. 1880
Floquet, c. 1880

Charles Floquet

French politician
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Born:
Oct. 2, 1828, Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, Fr.
Died:
Jan. 18, 1896, Paris (aged 67)

Charles Floquet (born Oct. 2, 1828, Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, Fr.—died Jan. 18, 1896, Paris) was a French politician whose deep attachment to the republic led him to become an antagonist of the political aspirations of Gen. Georges Boulanger. Floquet strongly opposed the Second Empire and rapidly made a name for himself as a republican lawyer and journalist. In 1870–71 he participated in the formation of the new republic and helped form the Ligue d’Union Républicaine de Droits de Paris in hopes of bridging the gap between the new government and the members of the Paris Commune, who had rebelled against it. Floquet ...(100 of 283 words)

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