Editing Odilon Barrot (section)

==Second Republic==
[[File:Barrot - Par Daumier - 1.jpg|thumb|"The famous Odilon Barrot promoted to the dignity of imperial Mamamouchi" by [[Honoré Daumier]] ]]
After the [[Revolution of 1848]], Barrot acquiesced to the republic and gave his support to [[Louis-Eugène Cavaignac|General Cavaignac]].{{sfn|Chisholm 1911}}

In the December 1848 election for President of the republic, Napoleon won with 5,434,266 votes to 1,448,107 for Cavaignac. Napoleon took his oath on 20 December 1848 a day ahead of schedule, and appointed a ministry that included Barrot and the conservative [[Frédéric Alfred Pierre, comte de Falloux]].{{sfn|Robertson|1952|p=102}}
Barrot was Minister of Justice and "president of the council of ministers when Napoleon was absent".{{sfn|Muel|1890|p=248}}
Following national elections, the Constituent Assembly was replaced by the Legislative Assembly, which sat for the first time on 28 May 1849. On 2 June 1849 a new ministry was announced, again headed by Barrot. It included [[de Tocqueville]] as Minister of Foreign Affairs. 
This ministry was dissolved by Napoleon on 31 October 1849.{{sfn|Muel|1890|p=249-250}}
The new ministry did not have a "president when Napoleon was absent".{{sfn|Muel|1890|p=252}}
A biographer said that Barrot had hoped to extract Liberal measures, but was dismissed as soon as he had served the president's purpose of avoiding open conflict.{{sfn|Chisholm 1911}}