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Louis-Joseph Charlier b. 24 Sep 1754, Châlons-sur-Marne, Marne |
| Title: | Président de la Convention nationale (President of the National Convention) |
| Term: | 3 Oct 1793 - 22 Oct 1793 |
| Chronology: | 3 Oct 1793, election as president proclaimed by the National Convention, session of the Convention, salle des Machines, Palais des Tuileries, Paris [1, vol. LXXV, p. 717] [2, vol. XXIII, p. 63] |
| 4 Oct 1793, assumed the chair as President of the National Convention first time after the proclamation of election, session of the Convention, salle des Machines, Palais des Tuileries, Paris [1, vol. LXXVI, pp. 1-51] | |
| 22 Oct 1793, expiration of term [3]; successor elected and proclaimed [1, vol. LXXII, p. 430] [2, vol. XXIV, p. 35] | |
| Names/titles: | Sometimes referred to as Charles [5] |
| Biography: | |||||||
Son of a surgeon; practised law in his hometown; administrator of the district of Châlons-sur-Marne; elected (4 Sep 1791) as a representative of Marne to the Assemblée nationale (National Assembly) (1791-1792); sat with the extreme left; was elected to the Convention nationale (National Convention) (1792-1795) as a deputy for Marne; voted for the death sentence at the trial of King Louis XVI; ardent Montagnard, demanded harsh measures against the Girondins; argued against military recruitment, preferring a levée en masse if needed; strongly supported making public education mandatory; served as President of the National Convention (3 Oct 1793 - 22 Oct 1793); participated in verbal attacks on Maximilien Robespierre during the Thermidorian coup; sent on a mission to Lyon (Commune-Affranchie) as a representative of the Convention (21 Aug 1794 - 1 Dec 1794), behaved with notable moderation; a motion for his arrest was rejected by the Convention (20 May 1795); as a former deputy of the Convention, entered the Conseil des Anciens (Council of Ancients) (1795-1797); manifested signs of mental disease and committed suicide. Biography source: [4] [5] |
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| Election source: [1, vol. LXXIV, p. 500], [2, vol. XXI, p. 87] | |||||||
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| [1] | Archives parlementaires de 1787 à 1860: recueil complet des débats législatifs et politiques des Chambres françaises. Première série, 1787 à 1799 (Paris: 1868-1913, 1966-) | ||||||
| [2] | Procès-verbal de la Convention nationale, imprimé par son ordre; (Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1792-an IV) | ||||||
| [3] | The term of Charlier as president was extended as a result of the resolution passed by the Convention (6 Oct 1793) on setting the dates for election of presidents and secretaries on the 1st and 16th day of each month in the French Republican calendar (introduced 5 Oct 1793) [1, vol. LXXVI, p. 156]. The first election date fell on 1 Brumaire, Year II (22 Oct 1793). | ||||||
| [4] | Dictionnaire des Conventionnels, by Auguste Kuscinski (Paris: Société de l'Histoire de la Révolution française & Librairie F. Rieder, 1917). | ||||||
| [5] | Dictionnaire de biographie française (Paris: Letouzey et Ané, 1933-). | ||||||
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