Jules Martin (27 February 1824, in
Vevey
Vevey (; frp, Vevê; german: label=former German, Vivis) is a town in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, on the north shore of Lake Geneva, near Lausanne. The German name Vivis is no longer commonly used.
It was the seat of the district of ...
– 21 May 1875) was a
Swiss
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* the adjectival form of Switzerland
* Swiss people
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* Swiss, Missouri
* Swiss, North Carolina
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politician
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and president of the
Swiss National Council
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(1856).
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1824 births
1875 deaths
People from Vevey
Swiss Calvinist and Reformed Christians
Members of the Council of States (Switzerland)
Members of the National Council (Switzerland)
Presidents of the National Council (Switzerland)
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