Jean-Antoine Louis du Bas-Rhin
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Jean-Antoine Louis du Bas-Rhin | |
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| 46th President of the National Convention | |
| In office 20 May – 4 June 1794 | |
| Preceded by | Élie Lacoste |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois |
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| Born | 10 March 1742 |
| Died | 19 August 1796 (aged 32) |
| Party | The Mountain |
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Jean-Antoine Louis known as "Louis du Bas-Rhin" (10 March 1742 in Bar-le-Duc – 1796), was a municipal functionary from Strasbourg.
He was employed under the Intendant of Alsace when the French Revolution began. He rapidly adopted the new ideas.
During the Revolution
[edit]During the National Assembly, Louis served as an administrator and member of the Directory of the Département of Bas-Rhin in 1791. Elected deputy to the Convention for the département of Bas-Rhin (1792, he voted for the death of Louis XVI. Elected to Committee of General Security in October 1793. With Jean-Adam Pflieger, sent as Representative on a Mission to Alsace from March to July 1793. He served as President of the Convention from 5 July 1794 to 19 July 1794. It was the last complete term of office for a President before the end of the French Terror.
With the fall of Maximilien Robespierre 9 Thermidor he was released from his duties on the Committee of General Security. In his tenure on the committee he gained a reputation as one of the more accommodating, sympathetic members.
Under the Directory
[edit]Elected deputy to Council of Five Hundred, he died before he could attend a session.
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