The (
French
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for "Unobtainable Chamber") was the first
Chamber of Deputies
The chamber of deputies is the lower house in many bicameral legislatures and the sole house in some unicameral legislatures.
Description
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elected after the
Second Bourbon Restoration in 1815. It was dominated by
Ultra-royalists who completely refused to accept the results of the
French Revolution
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. The name was coined by King
Louis XVIII of France
Louis XVIII (Louis Stanislas Xavier; 17 November 1755 – 16 September 1824), known as the Desired (), was King of France from 1814 to 1824, except for a brief interruption during the Hundred Days in 1815. He spent twenty-three years in e ...
.
The elections, held on 14 August 1815 under
census suffrage and under the impact of the "
White Terror", produced a heavy Ultra-royalist majority: 350 of the 402 members were Ultra-royalists.
The "Unobtainable Chamber", which was first assembled on 7 October 1815, was characterized by its zeal in favour of the
aristocracy and the
clergy
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and aimed at reestablishing the . The voted the establishment of military
provost-marshal courts and
banished all of the
Conventionnels who had voted for