Marie François Sadi-Carnot, President of France

Marie François Sadi Carnot (August 11, 1837 - June 24, 1894) was a French statesman, the fourth president of the third French Republic. He served as the President of France from 1887 to his death. August 11 is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events January 10 - DePauw University founded in Greencastle, Indiana January 26 - Michigan is admitted as the 26th U.S. state February 8 - Richard Johnson becomes the first Vice President of the United States chosen by the United States Senate February 11 - American Physiological Society organizes in Boston February 13 - Rowland... June 24 is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 190 days remaining. ... 1894 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The French Third Republic, (in French, Troisième Republique, sometimes written as IIIème Republique) (1870/75-1940/46), was the governing body of France between the Second French Empire and the Fourth Republic. ... The President of France, known officially as the President of the Republic (Président de la République in French), is Frances elected Head of State. ... 1887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ...

He was the son of the statesman, Hippolyte Carnot, and was born at Limoges. He was educated as a civil engineer, and after having highly distinguished himself at the École Polytechnique and the École des Ponts et Chaussées, obtained an appointment in the public service. His hereditary republicanism caused the government of national defence to entrust him in 1870 with the task of organizing resistance in the départements of the Eure, Calvados and Seine Inférieure, and he was made prefect of Seine Inférieure in January 1871. In the following month he was elected to the French National Assembly by the département Côte d'Or. In August 1878 he was appointed secretary to the minister of public works. In September 1880 he became minister, and again in April 1885, passing almost immediately to the ministry of finance, which he held under both the Ferry and the Freycinet administrations until December 1886. Lazare Hippolyte Carnot (October 6, 1801 - March 16, 1888) was a French statesman. ... Location within France Limoges (Limòtges in Occitan) is a city and commune in France, the préfecture of the Haute-Vienne département, and the administrative capital of the Limousin région. ... The term civil engineer refers to an individual who practices civil engineering. ... The cadets of Polytechnique rushed to the defense of Paris against the foreign armies in 1814. ... The École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (ENPC) (National school of Bridges and Roads), often referred to as les Ponts, is one of the French Grandes Écoles of engineering. ... This article is on the political theory of republicanism. ... The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France, roughly analogous to British counties and are now grouped into 22 metropolitan and four overseas régions. ... Eure is a département in the north of France named after the Eure River. ... Alternate use, see Calvados, The French département of Calvados forms part of the région of Basse-Normandie in Normandy. ... This article concerns the modern National Assembly. ... Côte-dOr is a département in the eastern part of France. ... Jules Ferry, French statesman Jules François Camille Ferry (April 5, 1832 - March 17, 1893) was a French statesman. ... Charles de Freycinet, Prime Minister of France Charles Louis de Saulces de Freycinet (November 14, 1828 - May 14, French statesman and prime minister. ...

When the Wilson scandals occasioned the downfall of Jules Grévy in December 1887, Carnot's reputation for integrity made him a candidate for the presidency, and he obtained the support of Georges Clemenceau and many others, so that he was elected by 616 votes out of 827. He assumed office at a critical period, when the republic was all but openly attacked by General Boulanger. Georges Clemenceau (September 28, 1841 - November 24, 1929) was a French doctor, journalist and statesman. ... General Georges Boulanger Georges Ernest Jean-Marie Boulanger (April 29, 1837 - September 30, 1891) was a French general and reactionary politician. ...

President Carnot's ostensible part during this agitation was confined to augmenting his popularity by well-timed appearances on public occasions, which gained credit for the presidency and the republic. When early in 1889, Boulanger was finally driven into exile, it fell to Carnot to appear as head of the state on two occasions of special interest, the celebration of the centenary of the French Revolution in 1889 and the opening of the Paris Exhibition of the same year. The success of both was regarded as a popular ratification of the republic, and though continually harassed by the formation and dissolution of ephemeral ministries, by socialist outbreaks, and the beginnings of anti-Semitism, Carnot had only one serious crisis to surmount, the Panama scandals of 1892, which, if they greatly damaged the prestige of the state, increased the respect felt for its head, against whose integrity none could breathe a word. The period of the French Revolution in the history of France covers the years between 1789 and 1799, in which democrats and republicans overthrew the absolute monarchy and the Roman Catholic Church was forced to undergo radical restructuring. ... Events January-April January 8 - Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his electric tabulating machine January 22 - Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, DC. February 11 - Japan adopted; 1st Diet convenes in 1890 January 30 ? Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria and his mistress Marie Vetsera commit a double suicide in... The Exposition Universelle of 1889 was a Worlds Fair held in Paris, France from May 5, to October 31, 1889. ... Anti-Semitism (alternatively spelled antisemitism) is hostility towards Jews (not: Semites - see the Misnomer section further on). ... The Panama scandals was a corruption affair in France in the late 19th century, linked to the building of the Panama Canal. ...

Carnot was reaching the zenith of popularity, when, on June 24, 1894, after delivering at a public banquet at Lyons a speech in which he appeared to imply that he nevertheless would not seek re-election, he was stabbed by an Italian anarchist named Sante Jeronimo Caserio and died almost immediately. The stabbing aroused widespread horror and grief, and the president was honoured with an elaborate funeral ceremony in the Pantheon, Paris. Lyons), see Lyons (disambiguation). ... Anarchism is a generic term describing various political philosophies and social movements that advocate the elimination of hierarchy and imposed authority. ... Sante Jeronimo Caserio (Motta Visconti Lombardy Italy, 1873- Lyons France, 1894) was a Italian anarchist, assassin of Marie Francois Sadi Carnot, President of the French Third Republic. ... The Panthéon The area west of the Panthéon is quite busy at night. ...

The President of France, known officially as the President of the Republic (Président de la République in French), is Frances elected Head of State. ... Jean Casimir-Périer, President of France Jean Paul Pierre Casimir-Périer (November 8, 1847 - March 11, 1907) was a French politician, fifth president of the French Republic. ...

See also: Politics of France This article discusses political groups and tendencies in France; for information on the political and administrative structures of France, see Government of France. ...

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