[Tocqueville, Alexis de]:

$400 · Offered by William Reese Company

LISTE DES QUINZE CANDIDATS À LA REPRÉSENTATION NATIONALE POUR LE DÉPARTEMENT DE LA MANCHE, PROPOSÉE, LE 4 AVRIL 1848...[caption title]. A broadside announcement of the fifteen candidates to stand for the role of Representative to the Constituent Assembly for the department of Manche. Tocqueville is number four on the list, compiled and promulgated by the Comité Électoral du canton d'Octeville près Cherbourg. The list is accompanied by a paragraph statement of Republican principles by the Comité, and concludes with a list of the names and occupations of members of the Comité. An interesting ephemeron relating to the famous French commentator on Jacksonian America's democratic culture and mores, dating from a period of great political volatility following the formation of the Second Republic and preceding the June uprising. The election took place on April 23, and Tocqueville took his seat on May 4.

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