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The Second Republic — The French Republic from 1848 to the coup of 1851
Born of the February 1848 revolution, it instituted universal male suffrage and a presidency its first elected holder converted into an Empire. (Editorial synthesis)
Recorded sovereign office of the Second Republic: presidency of the Republic (from 1848 to 1852).
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