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Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac
Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac (May 21, 1853 – September 25, 1905), known as Godefroy Cavaignac, French politician, was born in Paris. He was the son of Louis Eugène Cavaignac. He made public profession of his republican principles as a schoolboy at the Lycée Charlemagne by refusing in 1867 to receive a prize at the Sorbonne from the hand of the prince imperial.
Under the Third Republic.
Godefroy Cavaignac received the military medal for service in the Franco-Prussian War
released, and, with his newly married wife, lived in retirement till his death at Ourne (Sarthe).
Miscellaneous.
For a more critical look at Cavaignac's actions from 23 to 26 June, one can find documentation in Mikhail Bakunin's "Statism and Anarchy" from pages 157 – 159. Cavaignac's actions are described as the inspiration to the later Prussian suppression of the National Assembly in Frankfurt and its supporters.
His son, Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac was a prominent politician.
See also