Eugène Alexandre Caillaux (; 10 September 1822 – 8 August 1896) was a French engineer and politician. He was

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from 1874 until 1876, then

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from May to November 1877. He was the father of the politician Joseph Caillaux.

Biography

Born in

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(graduating 12 out of 118) and the

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before becoming an engineer, first in Laval, then in

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. From 1862 to 1871 he was engineer-in-chief for the Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest. In 1871, he was elected deputy for

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. A monarchist, he was a member of the republican-conservative

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group which participated in the overthrow of

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in 1873. A supporter of the

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's two governments, Caillaux entered government himself in May 1874, as Minister of Public Works in

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's government, remaining in post until 1876 in

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and

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's governments. As minister, he was a supporter of the railway companies and took a special interest in the improvement of the

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basin. Caillaux was elected a senator for Sarthe in January 1876, the last of three on the Union conservatrice list. from May to November 1877, he was Minister of Finance under Broglie. In 1882, he was defeated in the senatorial elections by the republicans, and abandoned national politics in favour of local politics in Sarthe. Caillaux died in Paris in 1896 and was buried in the

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Family

A son was Joseph Caillaux.

References

Sources

* https://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/sycomore/fiche/%28num_dept%29/1365 * https://www.senat.fr/senateur-3eme-republique/caillaux_eugene1249r3.html * https://www.economie.gouv.fr/saef/eugene-caillaux * https://archives.sarthe.fr/action-culturelle-et-educative/action-culturelle/jeudiarchives/histoire-du-departement/les-presidents-du-conseil-general-de-la-sarthe/eugene-caillaux-1822-1896 * https://www.appl-lachaise.net/caillaux-eugene-1822-1896/

External links

* https://www.leonore.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr/ui/notice/62750 {{DEFAULTSORT:Caillaux, Eugene 1822 births 1896 deaths French railway civil engineers 19th-century French politicians French senators of the Third Republic École Polytechnique alumni École des Ponts ParisTech alumni 19th-century French engineers French monarchists Members of the National Assembly (1871)