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Denis-Aimé-René-Emmanuel Benoist d'Azyb. 3 Jan 1796, Paris |
| Title: | Président de l'Assemblée nationale, doyen d'âge (President of the National Assembly, president by age) |
| Term: | 12 Feb 1871 - 16 Feb 1871 |
| Chronology: | 12 Feb 1871, assumed the chair as the oldest member of the Assemblée nationale (National Assembly) present, session of the Assembly, Grand Théâtre, Bordeaux [1, vol. I, p. 1] |
| 16 Feb 1871, ceased to exercise the functions of president by age with election of permanent president [1, vol. I, p. 56] | |
| Names/titles: | Original surmane: Benoist; addition of d'Azy authorized by ordinance (26 Jun 1847); comte Benoist (count Benoist) [before 1847]; comte Benoist d'Azy (count Benoist d'Azy) [after 1847] |
| Biography: | |
Son of Pierre-Vincent comte Benoist, deputy (1815-1827); elected to the Chambre des députés (Chamber of Deputies) from electoral district of Château-Chinon, Nièvre (1842-1848); joined the faction of right legitimists; was not elected to the Assemblée nationale constituante [Constituent National Assembly] (1848-1849); elected to the Assemblée nationale législative (Legislative National Assembly) (1849-1851) from the Gard département; vice president of the Legislative National Assembly (1849-1851); protested against the coup d'état of 2 Dec 1851; was arrested, but soon released; retired from politics during the reign of Napoléon III; served as a manager in business companies; elected to the Assemblée nationale [National Assembly] (1871-1876); presided at the first meetings of the assembly as doyen d'âge (12 Feb 1871 - 16 Feb 1871); vice president of the National Assembly (16 Feb 1871 - 8 Mar 1876). Biography source: [2], [3, vol. 5] |
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| Sources and notes: | |
| [1] | Annales de l'Assemblée nationale: Compte-rendu in extenso des séances: Annexes (Paris: Imprimerie et librairie du Journal officiel, 1871-1876). |
| [2] | Dictionnaire des parlementaires français: depuis le 1er mai 1789 jusqu'au 1er mai 1889, ed. by Adolphe Robert, Edgar Bourloton, Gaston Cougny (Paris: Bourloton, 1889-1891). |
| [3] | Dictionnaire de biographie française (Paris: Letouzey et Ané, 1933-). |
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