The territory of Vaud, until rhen subject to Lausanne and Savoy, was annexed to Bern
in 1536. It remained so until 1797 when it revolted and a Republique Lémanique was
established.
Vaud joined the Confederacy in 1803, and incorporated the Gemeine Herrschaften of
Grandson (Gransee), Echallens (Tscherlitz) and Orbe (Orbach).
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CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Presidents of the Council of State
Présidents du Conseil d'Etat
(Like its federal counterpart, the Federal Council, the Conseil d'Etat/Council of
State was a collective leadership, its president only being a primus inter pares,
chairing the meetings and performing some representative duties)
1848 Georges François Briatte 1805 - 1877
1849 Louis Henri Delarageaz 1807 - 1891
1850 Charles Veillon 1809 - 1869
1851 Constant Fornerod 1819 - 1899
1852 Henri Fischer 1787 - 1859
1853 Benjamin Pittet 1808 - 1864
1854 Georges François Briatte (2x)
1855 Louis Blanchenay 1801 - 1881
1856 Jean Louis Bourgeois 1809 - 1861
1857 Charles Veillon (2x)
1858 Louis Henri Delarageaz (2x)
1859 Benjamin Pittet (2x)
1860 Abram Daniel Meystre 1812 - 1870
1861 Louis Blanchenay (2x)
1862 Charles Veillon (3x)
1862 Jules Eytel 1817 - 1873
1863 John Berney 1820 - 1917
1864 Paul Cérésole 1832 - 1905
1865 Pierre Isaac Joly 1818 - 1901
1866 Jules Roguin 1823 - 1908
1867 Victor Ruffy 1823 - 1869
1868 Henri Jan 1817 - 1893
1869 Charles Estoppey 1820 - 1888
1870 Louis Henri Delarageaz (3x)
1871 Louis Bonjour 1823 -.1875
1872 Ami Bornand 1826 - 1888
1873 Louis Ruchonnet 1834 - 1893
1874 John Berney (2x)
1875 Louis Chuard 1827 - 1908
1876 Ernest Ruchonnet 1832 - 1904
1877 Charles Boiceau 1841 - 1907
1878 Charles Baud 1825 - 1908
1879 Charles Estoppey (2x)
1880 Jeannot de Crousaz 1822 - 1883
1881 Jacques-François Viquerat 1838 - 1904
1882 John Berney (3x)
1883 Charles Baud (2x)
1884 Charles Estoppey (3x)
1885 Jacques-François Viquerat (2x)
1886 Adolphe Jordan-Martin 1845 - 1900
1887 Eugène Ruffy 1854 - 1919
1888 Victor Debonneville 1829 - 1902
1889 Donat Golaz 1852 - 1900
1890 Charles Soldan 1855 - 1900
1891 Lucien Decoppet 1843 - 1912
1892 Jacques-François Viquerat (3x)
1893 Adolphe Jordan-Martin (2x)
1894 Victor Debonneville (2x)
1895 Lucien Decoppet (2x)
1896 Ferdinand Virieux 1855 - 1924
1897 Robert Cossy 1861 - 1920
1898 Marc-Émile Ruchet 1853 - 1912
1899 Jacques-François Viquerat (4x)
1900 Adolphe Jordan-Martin (3x)
1901 Ferdinand Virieux (2x)
1902 Robert Cossy (2x)
1903 Adrien Thélin 1842 - 1922
1904 Isaac Oyex-Ponnaz 1858 - 1919
1905 Victor Duboux 1851 - 1919
1906 Camille Decoppet 1862 - 1925
1907 Paul Etier 1863 - 1919
1908 Ferdinand Virieux (3x)
1909 Robert Cossy (3x)
1910 Adrien Thélin (2x)
1911 Isaac Oyex-Ponnaz (2x)
1912 Camille Decoppet (2x)
1913 Paul Etier (2x)
1914 Eugène Fonjallaz 1853 - 1917
1915 Ernest-Louis Chuard 1857 - 1942
1916 Alphonse Dubuis 1866 - 1936
1917 Robert Cossy (4x)
1918 Adrien Thélin (3x)
1919 Paul Etier (3x)
1919 Ernest-Louis Chuard (2x)
1920 Alphonse Dubuis (2x)
1921 Charles Fricker 1867 - 1924
1922 Maurice Bujard 1870 - 1953
1923 Henri Simon 1868 - 1932
1924 Ferdinand Porchet 1878 - 1951
1925 Jules Dufour 1875 - 1934
1926 Norbert Bosset 1883 - 1969
1927 Édouard Fazan 1879 - 1961
1928 Alphonse Dubuis (3x)
1929 Maurice Bujard (2x)
1930 Henri Simon (2x)
1931 Ferdinand Porchet (2x)
1932 Jules Dufour (2x)
1933 Norbert Bosset (2x)
1934 Édouard Fazan (2x)
1935 Paul Perret 1880 - 1947
1936 Ernest Fischer 1882 - 1963
1937 Jean Baup 1880 - 1955
1938 Maurice Bujard (3x)
1939 Ferdinand Porchet (3x)
1940 Norbert Bosset (3x)
1941 Édouard Fazan (3x)
1942 Paul Perret (2x)
1943 Ernest Fischer (2x)
1944 Antoine Vodoz 1900 - 1945
1945 Lucien Rubattel 1892 - 1987
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