 To please the radical republicans, he asked the Pope to introduce liberal reforms and the "Code Napoleon" to the Papal States.To gain support from the Catholics, he approved the "Loi Falloux" in 1851, which restored a greater role for the Catholic Church in the French educational system.Elections were held for the National Assembly on 13–14 May 1849, only a few months after Louis Napoleon had become President, and were largely won by a coalition of conservative republicans—which Catholics and monarchists called "The Party of Order"—led by Adolphe Thiers.