Jean-Baptiste Charles Matthieu
Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Mirampal Matthieu, born on October 3, 1763 at Compiègne and died on October 31, 1833 at Condat was a French politician and Deputy to the National Convention.
Biography
He voted for the execution of Louis XVI. On 4 September 1792 , he was elected member of the Convention by the department of Oise. Initially he was a moderate, despising the excesses of the Jacobins and directed his hostility toward Robespierre. On 26 May 1795, he was elected president of the Convention in a difficult position, just after the Uprising 1 Prairial.
Bibliography
- Bernard Gainot, Dictionnaire des membres du comité de Salut Public, Paris, Tallandier, 1990
External links
- His biography on the the website of the Assemblée nationale
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