Republican Union (France)

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Republican Union
Union républicaine
President
Senate
Legislature(s): 1st–4th of the Third Republic
Constituency: Member of Parliament for Seine

The Republican Union (

radicals, former Communards and opponents of the French-Prussian Treaty
.

History

Formed in the early years of the

moderate Adolphe Thiers. The party's electoral lists also included notable activists and intellectuals like Louis Blanc (elected with 216,000 votes),[1] Victor Hugo, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Edgar Quinet, Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, Émile Littré, Charles Floquet, Georges Clemenceau, Arthur Ranc and Gustave Courbet
.

Initially on the

Radical Left
.

After the 1885 legislative election, the Republican Union's popularity decreased while the Opportunists to their right increased their votes. In 1894, one of the last prominent members of the group, Gustave Isambert, renamed the Republican Union as the Progressive Union and with an handful of deputies and senators continued to pursue Gambetta's goals. However, changes in the political system led to a need for a big party of all liberals and when the Democratic Republican Alliance was created in 1901 the Opportunists and the Progressive Union merged into it.

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Election year Candidate No. of first round votes % of 1st round vote No. of second round votes % of 2nd round vote Won/Loss
1873 Jules Grévy 1 0.2% Loss
1879
 Léon Gambetta 5 0.7% Loss
1885
 Henri Brisson 68 11.8% Loss
1887
 Henri Brisson 26 3.0% Loss
1894
 Henri Brisson 195 23.1% Loss
1894
 Henri Brisson 195 43.0% 361 45.2% Loss

Legislative elections

Chamber of Deputies
Election year No. of
overall votes 		% of
overall vote 		No. of
overall seats won 		+/– Leader
1871 Unknown (5th) 6.0%
38 / 638
New
Léon Gambetta
1876 1,359,435 (2nd) 18.4%
98 / 533
Increase 60
Léon Gambetta
1877 4,860,481 (1st)[a] 60.0%
313 / 521
Increase 205
Jules Dufaure
1881 2,678,678 (1st) 37.3%
204 / 545
Decrease 109
Léon Gambetta
1885 1,125,989 (2nd) 14.2%
83 / 584
Decrease 121
Henri Brisson
1889 2,974,565 (1st) 37.4%
216 / 578
Increase 133
Charles Floquet
  • Republican Left
    .

See also

References

  1. ^ Michel Winock (2007). Clemenceu. Perrin Editions. pp. 20–21.
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