DOUMERGUE, Gaston. - Lot 170

DOUMERGUE, Gaston. Set of 18 letters, including one typewritten letter. Set of 18 letters, including one typewritten letter. 1906–1935. Several letters are written on letterhead from the Senate, the Office of the President of the Senate, or the Ministry of the Colonies. One signed note addressed to Tournefeuille. Most are addressed to “my dear friend,” though a few more formal letters are also included. Gaston Doumergue (1863–1937), a Radical statesman from the Gard department, served as President of the Republic from 1924 to 1931 following a distinguished parliamentary and ministerial career under the Third Republic. A lawyer who served as minister on several occasions and later as President of the Senate, he embodied a figure of republican moderation. Recalled to power during the political crisis of 1934, he briefly led a government of national unity before retiring permanently.