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He was born in Béziers , and began his career as professor of Law . In 1876 he was elected deputy for Toulouse , and sat in the Left Centre as one of the 363 of May 16 1877 . Re-elected in October 1877, he joined Louis De Freycinet as Minister Of The Interior in May 1880 , holding this portfolio until November 14 1881 . On February 22 1889 he assumed the same office in Pierre Tirard 's cabinet. He became prominent as a stalwart opponent of the Boulangist party, constituting the senate a high court of justice, and taking police measures against the ''Ligue des patriotes''. He resigned on March 1 1890 , but his resignation involved the fall of the cabinet, and he resumed his portfolio in the Freycinet cabinet on March 11 . On December 29 1889 he was elected senator by the department of the Haute-Garonne. He was violently attacked by the press and the Boulangist deputies, but did not resign until the whole cabinet withdrew, on February 26 1892 . In December 1898 he was appointed ambassador at Constantinople . REFERENCES |
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