Clemenceau, Georges (1841-1929), French statesman, physician and journalist

8 autograph letters by Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929), numbered 1-8, with one copy of the no.2, most of them without the name of the correspondents. Dates: 1877, December the 11th (no.1); 1880, June the 7th (no.2); 1885, November the 15th (no.3); 1887, September the 14th (no.4); 1890, April the 2nd (no.5); 1894, April the 6th (no.6); 1899, May the 9th (no.7); 1902, November the 17th (no.8). Correspondants: Monsieur..., member of the Chambre des Députés (no.4); Monsieur Antoine Marmontel (no.5 and 7); Général Percin (no.8)

3 visiting cards, undated but most likely to date from 1875 (no.9); 1878 (no.10) and 1876-1885 (no.11)

1 photostat copy of a prescription dated from 1926, October the 9th.

1875-1916

1 file (12 items)

Purchased from: unknown vendor, Paris, April 1930 (acc.67391); Desgranges, Paris, July 1930 (acc.63445); Desgranges, Paris, October 1930 (acc.63923); Charavay, Paris, October 1931 (acc.64700); Desgranges, Paris, October 1931 (acc.64709); Charavay, Paris, May 1932 (acc.65655); Charavay, Paris, November 1932 (acc.65657); Desgranges, Paris, September 1932 (acc.65659). No.12 presented by prof. Corneille Heymans in 1955.

Born at Mouilleron-en-Pareds, Vendée, France on 28 September 1841, Clemenceau first became a doctor, like his father. During his studies he began writing in several magazines and newsletters opposited to the government of Napoleon the Third. He took part in the Paris Commune and then began a political career, being elected at the Paris municipal council (1871-1876) and at the Chamber of Deputies as the Deputy of the Seine (1876-1885) and of the Var (1885-1893). He was part of the far left and advocated strong radical ideas. Meanwhile, he continued his journalistic activities, and started a newspaper in 1880, La Justice.

After his 1893 defeat at the legislative elections, he confined his political activities to journalism. In 1900, he founded a weekly review, Le Bloc. But in 1902, his political career made a revival as he is elected senator of the Var. In 1906, Ferdinand Sarrien calls him on his side to be the new Minister of the Interior. A few months later, he became himself the new President of the Consil, until 1912, then was appointed Prime Minister in 1917 and led France to the victory during the World War I (which gave him the nickname "Père-la-Victoire", "Father Victory"). He was one of the major voices behind the Treaty of Versailles. He died in Paris on 24 November 1929.