Jean-Henri Voulland

Descended from a Protestant family, although later strenuously asserted his own Catholic persuasion; educated in jurisprudence; became advocate at the Parlement of Paris (1 Jul 1779); practiced in Toulouse, Uzès, Nîmes; served as viguier and judge (from 11 Dec 1784) at Uzès; lieutenant principal of the sénéchaussé of Uzès; elected (28 Mar 1789) as a representative of the Third Estate of Nîmes and Beaucaire to the États-Généraux (Estates-General); served as deputy of the Assemblée nationale (National Assembly) (1789-1791); judge of the Tribunal of the district of Uzès (1791); elected (5 Sep 1792) to the Convention nationale (National Convention) (1792-1795) as a deputy for the département of Gard; sat with the Montagnards; voted for the death sentence at the trial of King Louis XVI; sent on mission as a representative of the Convention to the départements of Hérault and Gard (9 Mar 1793 - 30 Apr 1793) for recruitment of 300,000 soldiers; member of the Comité de sûreté générale (Committee of General Security) (14 Sep 1793 - 27 Aug 1794), where attained publicity for his harshness and violent verbal attacks; served as President of the National Convention (6 Dec 1793 - 21 Dec 1793); supported the coup of 9 Thermidor, Year II (27 Jul 1794), but later (29 Aug 1794) was accused of complicity with Maximilien Robespierre; acquitted by a report of Philippe-Antoine Merlin (de Douai) (27 Dec 1794); following the insurrection of 1 Prairial, Year III (20 May 1795), was named among the Montagnard leaders subject to arrest (1 Jun 1795); went into hiding until the amnesty of 26 Oct 1795; found employment in the offices of the Conseil des Cinq-Cents (Council of Five Hundred) until the coup d'état of 18 Brumaire, Year VIII (9 Nov 1799 - 10 Nov 1799). Biography source: [3]