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Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles b. 20 Oct 1759, Paris |
| Title: | Président de la Convention nationale (President of the National Convention) |
| Term: | 1 Nov 1792 - 15 Nov 1792 |
| Chronology: | 1 Nov 1792, election as president proclaimed by the National Convention, session of the Convention, Salle du Manège, Paris; assumed the chair immediately upon the proclamation of election [1, vol. LIII, p. 108] |
| 15 Nov 1792, expiration of term; successor elected and proclaimed [1, vol. LIII, p. 429] | |
| Term: | 8 Aug 1793 - 22 Aug 1793 |
| Chronology: | 8 Aug 1793, election as president proclaimed by the National Convention, session of the Convention, salle des Machines, Palais des Tuileries, Paris [1, vol. LXX, p. 531] |
| 9 Aug 1793, assumed the chair as President of the National Convention for the first time after the proclamation of election, session of the Convention, salle des Machines, Palais des Tuileries, Paris [1, vol. LXX, p. 531] | |
| 22 Aug 1793, expiration of term; successor elected and proclaimed [1, vol. LXXII, p. 638] | |
| Names/titles: | Président de l'Assemblée nationale (President of the National Assembly) (2 Sep 1792 - 16 Sep 1792) [see details] |
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| Son of a military officer and grandson of lieutenant-general of the Paris police; studied law and was admitted to the bar at the Châtelet, the seat of common-law jurisdiction (1777); was introduced to Queen Marie-Antoinette, spouse of King Louis XVI, whose protection helped him to be named (1785) attorney general of the Parlement of Paris; elected (16 Sep 1791) as a representative of Paris to the Assemblée nationale (National Assembly) (1791-1792); joined the faction of radical left deputies; served as Vice President (20 Aug 1792 - 2 Sep 1792) and President (2 Sep 1792 - 16 Sep 1792) of the National Assembly; was appointed a member of the Commission extraordinaire des Douze (Extraordinary Commission of Twelve) (13 Aug 1792 - 21 Sep 1792); elected to the Convention nationale (National Convention) (1792-1794) by two départements, opted for Seine-et-Oise; sat with the Montagnards; served two terms as President of the National Convention (4 Oct 1792 - 18 Oct 1792, 8 Aug 1793 - 22 Aug 1793); was elected a member of the Comité de sûreté générale (Committee of General Security) (17 Oct 1792 - 9 Jan 1793); sent on missions to Alsace and Savoy (1792-1793); was absent during the trial of Louis XVI, but supported the condemnation of the king; elected a member of the Comité de salut public (Committee of Public Safety) (30 May 1793 - 29 Dec 1793); was one of the authors of the Constitution of 1793; accused of plotting with royalists, submitted resignation as a member of the Committee of Public Safety (29 Dec 1793) to the National Convention; arrested (15 Mar 1794) and sentenced to death (5 Apr 1794) along with Georges Danton, Jean-François Delacroix, Camille Desmoulins and others. Biography source: [2] |
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| Election source: 1792 [1, vol. LIII, p. 108], 1793 [1, vol. LXX, p. 531]. | |||||||||||||
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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] | Dictionnaire de biographie française (Paris: Letouzey et Ané, 1933-). Volume 17. | ||||||||||||
| Image: engraving by J.-B. Compagnie, after a portrait by François Bonneville. | |||||||||||||
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