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Camille Ferdinand Dreyfus

Camille Ferdinand Dreyfus (5 May 1849 - 15 July 1915) was a French lawyer, historian and philanthropist who became Senator for Seine-et-Oise from 1909 to 1915.

Career

Ferdinand Dreyfus was born in Paris on 5 May 1849. He became a lawyer and editor of Le Siècle (The Century). On 14 March 1880 he was elected to parliament in a by-election as deputy for the arrondissement of Rambouillet, taking his seat on the left. He was reelected on 21 August 1881, joining the Union républicaine (Republican Union) party.[1]He was associated with Léon Gambetta.[2]He voted with the opportunistic Republican majority on all issues. In the general elections of 4 October 1885 he ran on the opportunistic Republican list. He failed to be reelected.[1]

Dreyfus had a large fortune, and owned a townhouse at 98 avenue de Villiers in Paris as well as a chateau and farm property in Fontenay-lès-Briis, Essonne.[2]He became general counsel of Seine-et-Oise for the canton of Rambouillet, and was secretary of the council of Rambouillet.[1]He devoted himself to the question of public assistance, including Child Protection (1892), Tramps (1894) and Prisons (1895). He was also a historian, author of various historical works and studies, including Vauban économiste and La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, both of which won awards. From 1907 to 1908 he taught a course at the Sorbonne on the protection of infants under the 3rd Republic. He was president of the Historical Society of the 1848 Revolution from 1908 to 1910.[2]

Senator

Dreyfus ran as a candidate for the Senate in a by-election on 17 February 1906, but was defeated.[3]On 3 January 1909 Dreyfus was elected Senator for Seine-et-Oise in the first round. He joined the Republican Union.[3]He engaged in discussions, often as reporter, on subjects such as worker's pensions, mutual insurance, aid to large families and juvenile courts. He was vice-president of the high council on prisons, and a member of the high councils on public education, agriculture, workers pensions and labor.[2]On 11 November 1911 he presented the Legion of Honor to Sarah Monod, president of the National Council of French Women (Conseil national des femmes françaises).[4]During World War I he was offered a ministerial portfolio but turned it down.[3]

Ferdinand Dreyfus died in office on 15 July 1915 in Paris, at the age of sixty-six.[3]He had two son, Jacques and Charles Ferdinand-Dreyfus.[2]

Bibliography

From 1886 to 1907, Dreyfus published numerous works:[3]

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b c Robert & Cougny 1889.
  2. ^ a b c d e Meyer 2011, p. 277.
  3. ^ a b c d e Jolly 1977.
  4. ^ Monod, Alexandrine Elisabeth Sarah.

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