Constituent Assembly of the French Second Republic

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The Constituent Assembly of the French Second Republic was the elected body in 1848 tasked with drafting a new republican constitution for France following the February Revolution and the fall of the July Monarchy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constituent assembly
historical parliament
legislative body
adopted Constitution of 4 November 1848 NERFINISHED
adoptionDate 1848-11-04
appliesToJurisdiction French Second Republic NERFINISHED
composition single chamber
country France
countryOfOrigin France
dissolved 1849
draftedDocument Constitution of 4 November 1848 NERFINISHED
election French constituent assembly election, 1848 NERFINISHED
electionDate 1848-04-23
endTime 1849-05-26
followedBy Legislative Assembly of the French Second Republic NERFINISHED
followedEvent February Revolution of 1848 NERFINISHED
hasRole drafting a new constitution
founding body of the French Second Republic
headOfStateOfficeCreated President of the French Republic
historicalEra Revolutions of 1848 NERFINISHED
inception 1848
languageOfWork French
legalBasis provisional government decree of March 1848
legislativeOutput organic laws of the French Second Republic
legislativePeriod French Second Republic NERFINISHED
legislatureBuilding Palais Bourbon NERFINISHED
location Paris
mainIdeologicalCurrents conservatism
republicanism
socialism
notableMember Adolphe Thiers NERFINISHED
Alexandre Ledru-Rollin NERFINISHED
Alphonse de Lamartine NERFINISHED
Jules Grévy NERFINISHED
Louis Blanc NERFINISHED
Victor Hugo NERFINISHED
numberOfMembers about 900
oversaw organization of the presidential election of December 1848
politicalSystemEstablished presidential republic
precededBy Chamber of Deputies of the July Monarchy NERFINISHED
presidentOfAssembly Armand Marrast NERFINISHED
Philippe Buchez NERFINISHED
replaced Chamber of Deputies of the July Monarchy NERFINISHED
significantEventDuringTerm June Days Uprising NERFINISHED
startTime 1848-04-23
suffrage universal male suffrage
typeOfElectionSystem list-based majority voting by department

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Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin memberOf Constituent Assembly of the French Second Republic