List of Presidents of the French Senate

The French Senate is the Upper House of the French Parliament. It is presided over by a President. Although there had been Senates in both the First and Second Empires, these had not technically been legislative bodies, but rather advisory bodies on the model of the Roman Senate. France's first experience with an upper house was under the Directory from 1795 to 1799, when the Council of Ancients was the upper chamber. With the Restoration in 1814, a new Chamber of Peers was created, on the model of the British House of Lords. At first it contained hereditary peers, but following the July Revolution of 1830, it became a body to which one was appointed for life. The Second Republic returned to a unicameral system after 1848, but soon after the establishment of the Third Republic in 1870, a Senate was established as the upper chamber. In the Fourth Republic, the Senate was renamed the Council of the Republic, but its function was largely the same. With the new constitution of the Fifth Republic in 1959, the older name of Senate was restored.

Presidents of the Senate, 1876-1940

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Edmé-Armand-Gaston, Duc d'Audiffret-Pasquier13 March 187615 January 1879

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Edmé-Armand-Gaston, Duc d'Audiffret-Pasquier - 13 March - 1876 - 15 January - 1879

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Louis Martel15 January 187925 May 1880

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Louis Martel - 15 January - 1879 - 25 May - 1880

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Léon Say25 May 18802 February 1882

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Léon Say - 25 May - 1880 - 2 February - 1882

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Philippe Le Royer2 February 188224 February 1893

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Philippe Le Royer - 2 February - 1882 - 24 February - 1893

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Jules Ferry24 February 189317 March 1893

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Jules Ferry - 24 February - 1893 - 17 March

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Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour27 March 189316 January 1896

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Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour - 27 March - 1893 - 16 January - 1896

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Émile Loubet16 January 189618 February 1899

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Émile Loubet - 16 January - 1896 - 18 February - 1899

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Armand Fallières3 March 189917 January 1906

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Armand Fallières - 3 March - 1899 - 17 January - 1906

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Antonin Dubost16 February 190614 January 1920

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Antonin Dubost - 16 February - 1906 - 14 January - 1920

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Léon Bourgeois14 January 192022 February 1923

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Léon Bourgeois - 14 January - 1920 - 22 February - 1923

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Gaston Doumergue22 February 192313 June 1924

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Gaston Doumergue - 22 February - 1923 - 13 June - 1924

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Justin de Selves19 June 19249 January 1927

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Justin de Selves - 19 June - 1924 - 9 January - 1927

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Paul Doumer14 January 192713 May 1931

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Paul Doumer - 14 January - 1927 - 13 May - 1931

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Albert Lebrun11 June 193110 May 1932

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Albert Lebrun - 11 June - 1931 - 10 May - 1932

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Jules Jeanneney3 June 19329 July 1940

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Jules Jeanneney - 3 June - 1932 - 9 July - 1940

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