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Jean-Jacques Bréard, dit Bréard-Duplessis
b. 11 Oct 1751, Québec, Nouvelle-France (now Canada)
d. 2 Jan 1840, Paris, France |
| Title: |
Président de la Convention nationale (President of the National Convention) |
| Term: |
7 Feb 1793 - 21 Feb 1793 |
| Chronology: |
7 Feb 1793,
elected, session of the Convention, Salle du Manège, Paris [1] |
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8 Feb 1793,
assumed the chair, session of the Convention, Salle du Manège, Paris [1] |
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21 Feb 1793,
ceased to exercise the functions of office upon the election of a successor [2] |
| Names/titles: |
Surname also spelled: Bréard-Duplessys (see
Dictionnaire des Conventionnels, 86) |
| Biography: |
| Born in the family of a navy inspector; was returned to France by his parents (1758); involved in organizing elections to the États-Généraux (Estates-General) at Marennes, Charente-Infériuere; served as mayor of Marennes (31 Jan 1790 - 7 Jul 1790) and administrator of the département of Charente-Infériuere for the district of Marennes (from 25 Jun 1790); was elected vice resident of the administration of this département (22 Nov 1790); elected to the Assemblée nationale (National Assembly) (1791-1792), where represented Charente-Infériuere; elected (5 Sep 1792) a deputy from Charente-Infériuere to the Convention nationale (National Convention) (1792-1795); voted for the death sentence in the trial of King Louis XVI; elected President of the National Convention (7 Feb 1793 - 21 Feb 1793) [3]; served as a member of the Comité de sûreté générale (Committee of General Security) (17 Oct 1792 - 9 Jan 1793) and the Comité de salut public (Committee of Public Safety) (7 Apr 1793 - 5 Jun 1793, 31 Jul 1794 - 5 Dec 1794, 4 Jan 1795 - 4 May 1795); was sent on a mission to Brest to organize the coast defense (1793-1794); originally a Montagnard, supported the Thermidorian coup (27 Jul 1794) and ensuing reaction; was elected (13 Oct 1795) to the Corps législatif and took a seat in the Conseil des Anciens (Council of Ancients) as a deputy of Charente-Infériuere (1795-1798); supported the coup of 18 Brumaire, Year VIII (9 Nov 1799 - 10 Nov 1799) and was nominated to the Corps législatif (1799-1802); served as President of the Corps législatif (6 Jan 1801 - 21 Jan 1801); worked as administrator of the post offices in Paris; was banished as regicide (1816) and did not return to France until 1830. |
| Biographical sources: Dictionnaire de biographie française, 7;
Dictionnaire des Conventionnels, 86-87;
Dictionnaire des parlementaires français 1789-1889, 1:476; "Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes depuis la fondation de la colonie jusqu'à nos jours", by Cyprien Tanguay (Montréal: E. Senécal, 1886), 2:458 (web site). |
| Elections: |
| Candidate |
Vote (7 Feb 1793) |
| 1st ballot |
2nd ballot |
| Jean-Jacques Bréard, dit Bréard-Duplessis |
n/a |
203 |
| François Lamarque |
n/a |
162 |
| absolute majority |
n/a |
183 |
| voters |
n/a |
365 |
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| Source of electoral results: Archives parlementaires - Série 1, 58:371.
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| [1] |
Archives parlementaires - Série 1, 58:371. |
| [2] |
Archives parlementaires - Série 1, 59:69. |
| [3] |
On a number of occasions, Bréard also chaired the Convention as ancien président in absence of the incumbent: 2 Apr 1793, 3 Apr 1793 and 4 Apr 1793 (evening session) for Jean Debry; 5 Aug 1793, 6 Aug 1793, 7 Aug 1793 for Georges Danton. |
