Loubet
ÉMILE (lö-bā'), President of the French Republic; born in Marsanne, Drôme, France, Dec. 31, 1838. His father, a simple peasant, provided him with, the best education within his means. Émile studied law, and began practice in Montelimar. The first office he held was that of mayor of the city; in 1876 he was elected to a seat in the Chamber of Deputies; was re-elected in 1877, and again in 1881, but in 1885 moved up to the Senate; was Minister of Public Works in the short-lived Tirard Cabinet, Dec. 12, 1887, to April 3, 1888; on the refusal of M. de Freycinet to Vol. VI-Cyc-B LOUGHBOROUGH reassume the presidency of the Cabinet, was intrusted by President Sadi-Carnot with the task of organizing the ministry with the larger part part of its former constituents, himself assuming the portfolio of the Interior and the presidency of the Cabinet. M. Loubet was elected president of the Senate in 1896, to which position he was re-elected in January, 1898. He succeeded Félix Faure as president, Feb. 18, 1899, and remained in office until 1906, when he was succeeded by Clément Fallières.