Republicans. Several PRS members headed French cabinets, including Viviani, AristideBriand, Paul Painlevé, Alexandre Millerand and Joseph Paul-Boncour. Jean-Thomas
minister to draw up a subtle order of seniority. The first holder was AristideBriand in 1914, chosen at the start of World War I by René Viviani; as the
Voltaire; poet Victor Hugo; politicians Léon Gambetta, Jean Jaurès and AristideBriand; and writers Alphonse de Lamartine and Albert Camus. Prior to 1791
Raymond Poincaré, AristideBriand and Tardieu had offered ministerial posts to Herriot's Radicals but to no avail. Besides Briand, André Maginot, Pierre-Étienne