Faure
FRANÇOIS FÉLIX, President of the French Republic; born in Paris, Jan. 30, 1841; was for a time a tanner in Touraine, but became wealthy shipowner in Havre. During the Franco-Prussian war he commanded a body of volunteers, and gained the ribbon of the Legion of Honor. He entered the Assembly in 1881; served as colonial and commercial minister in the Cabinets FAUST of Gambetta, Jules Favre, and Tirard, and as Minister of Marine in that of Dupuy. A moderate republican, he was elected president of the republic on the resignation of Casimir-Périer in 1895.
He died in Paris, France, Feb. 16, 1899.