Background
He was born in Paris on the 30th of January 1841, being the son of a small furniture maker.
He was born in Paris on the 30th of January 1841, being the son of a small furniture maker.
He got a commercial education in the school of Beauvais (Department of Oise).
Having discovered commercial capabilities Faure quickly made a fortune and founded a large tannery firm in Le Havre, which traded with South America, Germany, and others. On September 4, 1870 (after the fall of the empire) he became an assistant to the mayor; in this position, together with the mayor of Guillerme he organized the fortification of the city of Le Havre, after that he equipped in Le Havre a battalion of volunteers, at the head of which he took part in the war. During the commune with the same volunteers he fought on the side of the government. In 1874, the Ministry of Victor de Broglie for his republican convictions deprived him of the title of mayor assistant. He was a supporter of "a liberal, tolerant republic, open to all and protecting all interests, " as declared his election program in 1876, when he first failed as a candidate. In the second cabinet of Ferry in 1883-1885 and the 1st Tyrar in 1887-1888 he served as a friend of the Minister of the Colonies and the Navy. As a deputy, he spoke particularly willingly on issues that somehow affected the interests of trade, and they found him always a strong defender. He voted for the agreements with the railways, conducted by the Ministry of Ferry, for the preservation of the French embassy at the Vatican, against the spread of universal suffrage to the Senate elections, against the expulsion of princes from France (1886), against the revision of the constitution (1888). After the resignation of Casimir Perier in 1895, Brisson, as a candidate of radicals, and Waldeck-Russo, as candidate for the conservative side of the Congress, were the main candidates for the presidency of the republic; between them was exposed, Faur, who wasn't still well known and therefore not provoking antipathy either on the right or on the left side of the congress. On the first ballot, Faure, received 244 votes out of 787 possible; Waldeck-Russo refused further struggle and recommended his supporters to vote for Faure; The latter was elected on a re-ballot with 430 votes out of 800 possible. As the President of the Republic, at the first time Faure kept himself within the framework prescribed by the Constitution; accepting the resignation of Dupuis's cabinet, he proposed that he form a new one to the unsympathetic Bourgeois and only after his refusal - to Ribot, and after the fall of the cabinet of the latter - again to the Bourgeois. At the same time he introduced the etiquette of almost royal courts in the Elysee Palace, unusual until then in France, and demanded its strict observance; he considered it unworthy to appear at various festivities next to the premier or the presidents of the chambers, everywhere trying to emphasize his special significance as head of state. After the fall of the Bourgeois cabinet, in April 1896, Faure called to power Melina's office, which lasted until June 1898, then in November 1898 - Dupuis (3rd cabinet). During the campaign that began at the office of Melin for the revision of the Dreyfus case, Faus clearly patronized the opponents of the revision; he insisted that General Zurlinden retain the influential position of the Paris military governor when Zurlinden left the office because of the Dreyfusov case; He supported the military minister Shanuana against Brisson in the latter's desire for revision. February 16, 1899 Faure suddenly died of a stroke, leaving France in a state of crisis. An attempt to provide medical assistance was made by friend and attending physician Faure O. Lannelong, but to no avail. Faure died at the hands of Lannelong.
In August 1870 he was elected a member of the municipal council of the city of Le Havre. In 1875, Felix For was a member of the Chamber of Commerce in Le Havre.
With all his faults, and in spite of no slight amount of personal vanity, President Faure was a shrewd political observer and a good man of business.