Conservative Faction

The Conservative Faction was a group of like-minded conservative politicians in the Prussian Landtag who were opposed to the liberal character of the 1831 Constitution. In 1835, the group became more organized under the leadership of Hans Carstein. In 1838, Carstein was involved in the Donnersmarck Plot and was executed. Leadership of the Conservative Faction was thereafter taken over by Wilhelm Hoth. In 1840, the Conservative Faction provided its first Minister-President in the form of Josef Stanislaus von Heidelberg. In 1848, members of the Conservative Faction formed the Freikonservative Partei in cooperation with prominent members from the Reactionary Faction and several liberal individuals such as Aldric Hoffman and Jan Staudenmaier.

Notable members

 * Angelo von Bültzingslöwen (1840-1845)
 * Christoffer zu Muskau (1835-1838)
 * Faust Gustav von Falkenrath (1845-1848)
 * Franz von Stockbrünn (1835-1848)
 * Frederick von Marienwerder (1840-1848)
 * Friedrich Henckel von Donnersmarck (1840-1848)
 * Friedrich Krüger (1845-1848)
 * Gerhard zu Muskau (1840-1848)
 * Hans Carstein (1835-1838)
 * Josef Stanislaus von Heidelberg (1835-1844)
 * Jozef von Tresckow-Taczanowski (1835-1837)
 * Ludwig Henckel von Donnersmarck (1835-1838)
 * Nikolaus von Rode (1845-1848)
 * Theodor von Werner (1840-1845)
 * Thomas Drach (1835-1848)
 * Wilhelm Hoth (1835-1848)
 * Wilhelm von Marienburg (1845-1848)