Deschanel
PAUL EUGENE LOUIS, former President of the French Republic. He was born in 1856 and was educated at the Collège St. Barbe and the Lycée Condorcet, graduating as Licencié ès lettres et en droit. In 1878 he became sub-prefect of Dreux and in the following year general secretary of Seine-et-Marne and sub-prefect of Brest.
In 1881 he became sub-prefect of Meaux.
In 1885 he was elected deputy to represent Eure-et-Loir in the Chamber of Deputies, and continued as a member of the Chamber, becoming its Vice-President in 1898 and holding that position till 1902. During 1905-1912 he was President of the Commission of Foreign and Colonial Affairs, and during 1906- 1912 was Rapporteur of the Budget of Foreign Affairs. In 1919 he was elected President of the Republic, but had to resign, owing to ill health in 1920, being succeeded by Alexandre Millerand. M.
Deschanel has won for himself a place in the literary world almost as conspicuous as the place held by him in the public life of France. His works include: "La Politique française en Océanie;" "Les Intérêts français dans l'océan Pacifique;" "Figures de femmes;" Figures litteraires; "La République Nouvelle;" "Paroles françaises;" "Madame de Sé- DESERT vigné;" M. Deschanel was a member of the Académie Française and the Académie des Sciences morales et politiques.