Senate (Conservative Senate of the Consulate)

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The Senate (Conservative Senate of the Consulate) was a powerful constitutional body of Napoleonic France that safeguarded the regime’s political order, validated laws, and helped maintain the authority of the consuls.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional organ
governmental body
legislative institution
alsoKnownAs Conservative Senate
linked to: Sénat conservateur

Sénat conservateur
appliesToPeriod Consulate (France)
linked to: Consulate

First French Empire
composition life members
country France
dissolution 1814
establishedBy Constitution of the Year VIII
hasPart senators
headOfState First Consul
historicalPeriod Napoleonic era
inception 1799
languageOfName French
legalStatus constitutional body
location Paris
metInBuilding Luxembourg Palace
notableMember Charles-François Lebrun
Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès
Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès
Napoleon Bonaparte
Pierre-Roger Ducos
partOf political institutions of Napoleonic France
politicalAlignment conservative
power to annul unconstitutional acts
to designate candidates for high offices
to modify the constitution by senatus-consulte
replaced Council of Elders (French Directory)
linked to: French Directory
replacedBy Chamber of Peers (Bourbon Restoration)
role appointing members of other institutions
controlling the electoral system
ensuring conformity of laws with the constitution
guardian of the constitution
interpreting the constitution
issuing senatus-consultes
maintaining the authority of the consuls
safeguarding the political order of the regime
supervising the legislative bodies
validating laws
selectionMethod appointment by the First Consul
cooptation
significantEvent creation following the Coup of 18 Brumaire
issued senatus-consulte proclaiming the fall of Napoleon in 1814
subordinateTo First Consul of France

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Consuls of France oversawInstitution Senate (Conservative Senate of the Consulate)
François Joseph Lefebvre memberOf French Senate (First French Empire)
linked to: Senate (Conservative Senate of the Consulate)
Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse memberOf French Senate (First French Empire)
linked to: Senate (Conservative Senate of the Consulate)
Chamber of Peers of France replaces Senate of the First French Empire
linked to: Senate (Conservative Senate of the Consulate)
Nicolas-Louis François de Neufchâteau positionHeld president of the Sénat conservateur
subject linked to: Nicolas-Louis
linked to: Senate (Conservative Senate of the Consulate)
Joseph Fesch memberOf French Senate (First French Empire)
subject linked to: Cardinal Joseph Fesch
linked to: Senate (Conservative Senate of the Consulate)