CASIMIR-PERIER, JEAN PAUL PIERRE (1847 1907 ), 5th president of the French Republic, was born in Paris on Nov. 8, 1847, and was the grandson of Casimir Perier, the famous premier under Louis Philippe. He represented Aube in the Chamber of Deputies until he became president, and he joined the Republicans of the Left. He abstained from voting on the question of the expulsion of the princes in 1883 owing to personal connections with the House of Orleans. From Aug. 1883 to Jan. 1885 he was under-secretary for war, vice-president of the chamber from 1890 to 1892, president of the chamber in 1893, and prime minister in the same year. His ministry only lasted six months, and after his resignation in May 1894, he was re-elected president of the chamber. On June 24 he was elected president of the Republic but on the fall of the Dupuy ministry, six months later he resigned, complaining that he had been im properly treated by the ministers. Abandoning politics, he devoted himself to business until his death on March 1 r, 1907.