Alfred Gaulier was a French journalist and politician.
26 Facts About Alfred Gaulier
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Alfred Gaulier's father was a cavalry officer and he seemed destined for a military career.
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Alfred Gaulier signed a document voting against the coup, and was forced to resign.
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Alfred Gaulier was a radical republican, and was elected deputy for the Seine department from 1886 to 1889.
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Alfred Nicolas Gaulier was born on 10 November 1829 in Paris.
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Alfred Gaulier's father had participated in most of the campaigns of the French First Republic and First French Empire, and had been decorated at Jena.
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Alfred Gaulier was educated at the Prytanee National Militaire in La Fleche, a preparatory school for boys planning a military career.
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In 1847 Gaulier was made a sub-lieutenant of the 49th infantry line regiment.
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Alfred Gaulier was admitted to the Ecole speciale militaire de Saint-Cyr in 1848.
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Alfred Gaulier was a second lieutenant in the 53rd line infantry regiment at the time of the coup d'etat of 2 December 1851.
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Alfred Gaulier was one of the few officers, and the only one in the Paris garrison, who signed their name to a vote against the coup.
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Alfred Gaulier was brought before a board of inquiry for habitual misconduct and lack of honour, and Marshal Bernard Pierre Magnan suspended him from employment.
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Alfred Gaulier moved to Paris and struggled to make a living in the early years of the Second French Empire.
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Alfred Gaulier became a journalist and was established with the democratic press.
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Alfred Gaulier was a contributor to L'Interet public in 1867.
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Alfred Gaulier was a copy editor at L'Electeur libre, and editor at Actionnaires and Le Temps.
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Alfred Gaulier was owner, manager and editor in chief of the ephemeral La Politique.
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Alfred Gaulier was elected Deputy for Seine on 2 May 1886.
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Roche received over 100,000 votes, but Gaulier won the election with 146,000 votes, while small numbers of votes went to candidates such as M Soubrie, supported by the Possibilists.
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Alfred Gaulier said he had freely resigned after voting against the coup d'etat.
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Alfred Gaulier was reproached for having contracted debts with his regiment.
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Alfred Gaulier replied that his total debts had been no more than 1,600 francs, and asked the Minister of War, General Boulanger, to speak for him.
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Boulanger confirmed what Alfred Gaulier had said, and called on anyone who had never owed money to throw the first stone.
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Alfred Gaulier voted against the indefinite postponement of revision to the constitution, against prosecution of three members of the Ligue des Patriotes and against the draft Lisbonne law restricting the freedom of the press.
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Alfred Gaulier abstained from voting on the prosecution of General Boulanger.
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Apart from newspaper articles, Alfred Gaulier was responsible for several proposals and reports as a deputy:.