Pierre-Victurnien Vergniaud

Son of a merchant, who supplied provisions to the military; was educated by a Jesuit tutor; continued education at the Collège du Plessis in Paris; studied law at Bordeaux, where was admitted to the bar (1781) as advocate in the Parlement; was appointed administrator of Gironde, then chairman of the jury in the Criminal Tribunal of the département of Gironde (from 28 Mar 1791); elected (31 Aug 1791) as a representative of Gironde to the Assemblée nationale (National Assembly) (1791-1792); was a member of the Girondin faction; served as Vice President (17 Oct 1791 - 30 Oct 1791) and President (30 Oct 1791 - 15 Nov 1791) of the National Assembly; as chairman of the extraordinary commission, proposed the suspension of King Louis XVI (10 Aug 1792); was elected (5 Sep 1792) to the Convention nationale (National Convention) (1792-1793) as a deputy for Gironde; appointed a member of the committee for drafting the Constitution (10 Oct 1792); elected President of the National Convention (10 Jan 1793 - 24 Jan 1793); voted for the death sentence at the trial of Louis XVI and announced it as president of the Convention (17 Jan 1793); was put on the list of 29 Girondin deputies subject to arrest (2 Jun 1792) in the course of the Jacobin coup; condemned to death (30 Oct 1793) and guillotined (31 Oct 1793). Biography source: [2]