French Presidential elections under the Third Republic involved the election of the President of France by the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. The French Third Republic (in French, La Troisième République, sometimes written as La IIIe The President of the French Republic (Président de la République française colloquially referred to in English as the President of France, is France 's elected The President was thus elected by indirect universal suffrage. Indirect election is a process in which voters in an Election do not actually choose between candidates for an office but rather elect persons who will then make the choice Universal suffrage (also universal adult suffrage, general suffrage or common suffrage) consists of the extension of the right to vote to
Since the Third Republic was a parliamentary system, the President had much fewer powers than under the current Fifth Republic, where the president is elected under universal suffrage. A parliamentary system, also known as parliamentarianism (and parliamentarism in American English) is a System of government in which See also Government of France The Fifth Republic is the fifth and current republican constitution of France, which was introduced on Universal suffrage (also universal adult suffrage, general suffrage or common suffrage) consists of the extension of the right to vote to Besides, since the May 16, 1877 crisis, the President was prevented, by custom, to use his right of dissolution of parliament. In Parliamentary systems a dissolution of parliament is the dispersal of a Legislature at the call of an Election. Thus, no president used it after Mac-Mahon dissolving of 1877. Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de Mac-Mahon, 1st Duc de Magenta, Marshal of France (13 June 1808 - 17 October 1893 was a French
1873 Presidential election
24 May:
| Candidates | Political party/allegiance | Round 1 |
| Patrice de Mac-Mahon | Monarchist | 99. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de Mac-Mahon, 1st Duc de Magenta, Marshal of France (13 June 1808 - 17 October 1893 was a French 74% (391) |
| Jules Grevy | Left | 0. François Paul Jules Grévy (15 August 1807 - 9 September 1891 was a President of the French Third Republic and one of the leaders of the Opportunist Republicans 16% (1) |
1879 Presidential election
30 January:
| Candidates | Political party/allegiance | Round 1 |
| Jules Grevy | Left | 78. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common François Paul Jules Grévy (15 August 1807 - 9 September 1891 was a President of the French Third Republic and one of the leaders of the Opportunist Republicans 96% (563) |
| Antoine Chanzy | Military | 13. Antoine Eugène Alfred Chanzy ( 18 March 1823 - 4 January 1883) was a French General notable for his successes in the 88% (99) |
| Leon Gambetta | Left | 0. Léon Gambetta (2 April 1838 Cahors, Lot - 31 December 1882 Paris) was a French statesman prominent after the Franco-Prussian War 70% (5) |
| Paul de Ladmirault | Military | 0. 14% (1) |
| Henri, comte de Chambord | Monarchist | 0. Henri V of France and Navarre ( Henri Charles Ferdinand Marie Dieudonné d'Artois de France – September 29, 1820 – August 24, 1883 14% (1) |
| Gaston Galliffet | Military | 0. Gaston Alexandre Auguste Marquis de Galliffet, Prince de Martignes ( Paris, January 23 1830 -1909 was a French General, best known 14% (1) |
1885 Presidential election
28 December:
| Candidates | Political party/allegiance | Round 1 |
| Jules Grevy | Left | 54. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common François Paul Jules Grévy (15 August 1807 - 9 September 1891 was a President of the French Third Republic and one of the leaders of the Opportunist Republicans 06% (457) |
| Henri Brisson | Centre | 8. Eugène Henri Brisson (31 July 1835 14 April 1912 was a French statesman Prime minister of France for a period in 1885-1886 and again in 1898 01% (68) |
| Charles de Freycinet | Left | 1. Charles Louis de Saulces de Freycinet (14 November 1828 - 14 May 1923 was a French statesman and President of the Council during the Third Republic, part 65% (14) |
1887 Presidential election
3 December:
| Candidates | Political party/allegiance | Round 1 |
| Marie Francois Sadi Carnot | Left | 72. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common For the French physicist and uncle of Marie François see Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot. 56% |
| Felix Gustave Saussier | Military | 24. 85% |
1894 Presidential election
27 June:
| Candidates | Political party/allegiance | Round 1 |
| Jean Casimir-Perier | Left | 53% (451) |
| Henri Brisson | Centre | 22. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Jean Paul Pierre Casimir-Perier (8 November 1847 - 11 March 1907 was a French Politician, fifth president of the French Third Republic. Eugène Henri Brisson (31 July 1835 14 April 1912 was a French statesman Prime minister of France for a period in 1885-1886 and again in 1898 91% (195) |
| Charles Dupuy | Right | 11. Charles Alexandre Dupuy (5 November 1851 - 1923 was a French statesman three times prime minister In Politics, right-wing, the political right, and the Right are positions that uphold traditional values and/or authorities 40% (97) |
| General Fevrier | Military | 6. 23% (53) |
| Francois Arago | Republican | 3. François Jean Dominique Arago ( Francesc Joan Dominic Aragó; 26 February 1786 2 October 1853 was a French Catalan Mathematician, 17% (27) |
1895 Presidential election
17 January:
| Candidates | Political party/allegiance | Round 1 | Round 2 |
| Felix Faure | Republican | 30. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Félix François Faure (30 January 1841&ndash16 February 1899 was President of France from 1895 until his death 77% (244) | 62. 92% (430) |
| Henri Brisson | Centre | 42. Eugène Henri Brisson (31 July 1835 14 April 1912 was a French statesman Prime minister of France for a period in 1885-1886 and again in 1898 62% (338) | 41. 70% (361) |
| Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau | Liberal | 23. 20% (184) | - |
1899 Presidential election
18 February:
| Candidates | Political party/allegiance | Round 1 |
| Emile Loubet | Left | 58. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Émile François Loubet (31 December 1838 - 20 December 1929 was a French Politician and the 7th President of France. 62% (483) |
| Jules Meline | Left | 33. Félix Jules Méline (20 May 1838 21 December 1925 was a French statesman prime minister from 1896 to 1898 86% (274) |
| Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac | Centre | 2. Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac ( May 21, 1853 - September 25, 1905) French Politician, was born in Paris 79% (23) |
1906 Presidential election
18 February:
| Candidates | Political party/allegiance | Round 1 |
| Armand Fallieres | Left | 52. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Clément Armand Fallières (6 November 1841 22 June 1931 was a French Politician, president of the French republic from 1906 to 1913 89% |
| Paul Doumer | Radical | 43. Joseph Athanase Paul Doumer, commonly known as Paul Doumer (22 March 1857 7 May 1932 was the President of France from 13 June 1931 until his assassination The Radical Party ( Parti Radical, Rad also known as Parti radical valoisien) is a liberal and centrist political party in France 70% |
1913 Presidential election
17 January:
| Candidates | Political party/allegiance | Round 1 |
| Raymond Poincare | Right | 60. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Raymond Poincaré (20 August 1860 – 15 October 1934 was a French conservative Statesman who served as Prime Minister of France on five In Politics, right-wing, the political right, and the Right are positions that uphold traditional values and/or authorities 38% |
| Jules Pams | Left | 37% |
1920 Presidential election
18 February:
| Candidates | Political party/allegiance | Round 1 |
| Paul Deschanel | Right | 82. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Paul Eugène Louis Deschanel (13 February 1855 - 28 April 1922 was a French statesman In Politics, right-wing, the political right, and the Right are positions that uphold traditional values and/or authorities 66% |
| Charles Jonnart | Left | 7. Charles Célestin Auguste Jonnart (1857-1927 was a French politician 21% |
| Georges Clémenceau | Left | 5. Georges Benjamin Clemenceau ( Mouilleron-en-Pareds ( Vendée) 28 September 1841 24 November 1929 was a French statesman physician and Journalist 97% |
1920 Presidential election
24 September:
| Candidates | Political party/allegiance | Round 1 |
| Alexandre Millerand | Right | 77. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Alexandre Millerand (10 February 1859 - 7 April 1943 was a French socialist Politician. In Politics, right-wing, the political right, and the Right are positions that uphold traditional values and/or authorities 91% |
| Gustave Delory | SFIO | 7. 74% |
1924 Presidential election
13 June:
| Candidates | Political party/allegiance | Round 1 |
| Gaston Doumergue | Radical-Socialist | 59. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Pierre-Paul-Henri-Gaston Doumergue (Aigues-Vives Gard, 1 August 1863 18 June 1937 in Aigues-Vives was a French Politician of the Third Republic. The Radical Party ( Parti Radical, Rad also known as Parti radical valoisien) is a liberal and centrist political party in France 88% |
| Paul Painlevé | Left | 35. Paul Painlevé (5 December 1863 &ndash 29 October 1933 was a French Mathematician and politician 93% |
| Zéphyrin Camelinat | French Communist Party | 2. The French Communist Party ( French: Parti communiste français or PCF) is a political party in France which advocates the principles of 44% |
1931 Presidential election
13 June:
| Candidates | Political party/allegiance | Round 1 | Round 2 |
| Paul Doumer | Radical-Socialist | 49. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Joseph Athanase Paul Doumer, commonly known as Paul Doumer (22 March 1857 7 May 1932 was the President of France from 13 June 1931 until his assassination The Radical Party ( Parti Radical, Rad also known as Parti radical valoisien) is a liberal and centrist political party in France 06% | 56. 44% |
| Pierre Marraud | Left | - | 37. 40% |
| Paul Painlevé | Left | - | 1. Paul Painlevé (5 December 1863 &ndash 29 October 1933 was a French Mathematician and politician 46% |
| Aristide Briand | SFIO | 44. Aristide Briand (28 March 1862 – 7 March 1932 was a French statesman who served several terms as Prime Minister of France and won the Nobel Peace Prize 51% | 1. 34% |
| Marcel Cachin | French Communist Party | 1. The French Communist Party ( French: Parti communiste français or PCF) is a political party in France which advocates the principles of 11% | 1. 23% |
| Hennessy | Right | 1. Jas Hennessy & Co, or more simply Hennessy, is a prominent French winery and co-leader of the prestigious Luxury goods company LVMH. In Politics, right-wing, the political right, and the Right are positions that uphold traditional values and/or authorities 66% | - |
1932 Presidential election
10 May:
| Candidates | Political party/allegiance | Round 1 |
| Albert Lebrun | Democratic Alliance | 76. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Albert Lebrun (29 August 1871 6 March 1950 was a French Politician, President of France from 1932 to 1940 and as such was the last president of the The Democratic Republican Alliance ( Alliance démocratique, AD or Alliance républicaine démocratique, ARD was a French political party (1901-1978 created 63% |
| Paul Faure | SFIO | 13. Paul Faure may refer to Paul Faure (archaeologist Paul Faure (politician 80% |
| Paul Painlevé | Republican-Socialist Party | 1. Paul Painlevé (5 December 1863 &ndash 29 October 1933 was a French Mathematician and politician 45% |
| Marcel Cachin | SFIC | 0. The French Communist Party ( French: Parti communiste français or PCF) is a political party in France which advocates the principles of 97% |
| Others | 1. 21 |
1939 Presidential election
| Candidates | Political party/allegiance | Round 1 |
| Albert Lebrun | Democratic Alliance | 55. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Albert Lebrun (29 August 1871 6 March 1950 was a French Politician, President of France from 1932 to 1940 and as such was the last president of the The Democratic Republican Alliance ( Alliance démocratique, AD or Alliance républicaine démocratique, ARD was a French political party (1901-1978 created 60% |
| Albert Bedouce | SFIO | 16. 59% |
| Marcel Cachin | SFIC | 8. The French Communist Party ( French: Parti communiste français or PCF) is a political party in France which advocates the principles of 13% |
| Edouard Herriot | Radical-Socialist | 5. Édouard Hérriot (5 July 1872 at Troyes, France - 26 March 1957 at Lyon, France) was a French Radical politician of the The Radical Party ( Parti Radical, Rad also known as Parti radical valoisien) is a liberal and centrist political party in France 82% |
| Justin Godart | Right | 5. In Politics, right-wing, the political right, and the Right are positions that uphold traditional values and/or authorities 49% |
| Fernand Bouisson | Republican-Socialist Party | 1. Fernand Bouisson (16 June 1874 Constantine Algeria - 28 December 1959 Antibes) was a French politician of the Third Republic, who served as 76% |
| François Piétri | Right | 1. François Piétri ( 8 August 1882 - 17 August 1966) was a minister in several governments in the later years of the French Third Republic In Politics, right-wing, the political right, and the Right are positions that uphold traditional values and/or authorities 10% |
| Others | 4. 84% |
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