# Republicans gain control of state institutions (1879)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/1879-republicans-gain-control-of-state-institutions
Location: France

MacMahon resigned and the Third Republic became firmly republican. Within the broader Third Republic period, The Third Republic survived war, the Commune, constitutional crises and fierce ideological conflict. It expanded mass schooling and empire, faced the Dreyfus Affair, fought World War I and entered the troubled interwar era. At this point in the timeline, the relevant governing authority is Jules Grévy (President of the French Republic). Republicans gain control of state institutions is a useful marker in the longer transformation of political authority, society and culture in France. The event is positioned here so visitors can read it alongside changes in government, warfare, society, religion, culture and France’s wider international setting.

## Why it matters
Republicans gain control of state institutions is a useful marker in the longer transformation of political authority, society and culture in France.

Ruler at the time: [Jules Grévy](https://history-france.com/rulers/jules-grevy)

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- [Vie-publique — French institutions and history](https://www.vie-publique.fr/)